always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
research; study; investigation
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
please (give me); please (do for me)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
cease-fire; truce; armistice
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan