new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
occurrence; happening; incident; event
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
two times; twice; two degrees
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
three times; thrice; third (interval)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
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 corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
such; this sort of; like this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong