song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in that way; thus; so; so?
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
official history; authorized history
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
war; fighting; fierce competition
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
sunrise; half-melon shaped bun
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
how; in what way; how about
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)