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)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
how; in what way; how about
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
name; given name; first name
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
grandfather; male senior-citizen
letter; missive; note; mail
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
our country; our land; one's own country
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
secrecy; highly classified information
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to concern; to be related
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
such ... as; or some such
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart