flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
this is why; this means; it is the case that
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
un-; non-; negative prefix
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
rebellion; great uprising
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
princess; daughter of a nobleman
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
like this; this sort; this way