whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
now; the present time; just now; another; more
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
very; extremely; excessively
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to chase; to run after; to pursue
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
various fiefdoms; various domains
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game