to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
calm; composed; cool; quiet
inside a jar; coward; timid person
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
family; members of a family
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
mobilization; mobilisation
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
suffix for familiar person
large beam balance; weighbeam
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
wintry moon; a winter month
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool