honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
comfort; consolation; diversion
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(not) even once; (not) ever
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
one's own faction (of a party)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
something like ...; something called ...
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to say; to be called; to do
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do