(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
how; in what way; how about
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
one's own property; possessions
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now