becoming a lordless samurai
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
third day of the month; three days
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
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.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
second day of the month; two days
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to say; to be called; to do
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become