before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
these guys; these fellows
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
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.)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
suffix for familiar person
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
one thin flat object; one sheet
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she