Muromachi period (1333-1573)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
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
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
staff member; station employee; official
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
suffix for familiar person
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
salty candy; salty caramel
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
perfect; complete; flawless
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
danger; peril; hazard; risk
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
by means of; due to; because of; according to