hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
bureau director; office chief
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
because of; owing to; due to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
if it is the case that ...
place to die; place of death
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
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.)
birth; creation; formation
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period