unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
adds force or indicates command
to pass (of time); to elapse
discovery; detection; finding
considerably; greatly; a lot
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
property; fortune; assets
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that