at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
military affairs; military people
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
while; during; while; although; all; both
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as