gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
of course; certainly; naturally
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
messenger; envoy; emissary
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bottle gourd; ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
don't you think?; indicates question
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to shed light; to cast light
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to become settled; to be fixed
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
flight; desertion; escape
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down