one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
honorific/polite/humble prefix
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
that is to say; so that means
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
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
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
is something that; is that which
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in this way; thus; such; uh...
complete set; all; everything
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant