come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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.
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
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
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
prize money; monetary award; reward
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to annoy; to cause trouble
scoundrel; rascal; villain
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
punishment; judgement; judgment
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to rise; to swell; to be promoted