retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
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.
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
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.)
the Emperor; His Majesty the Emperor
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
messenger; envoy; emissary
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
they; those guys; those fellows
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud