to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
adds force or indicates command
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
hey there; I say; see here
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
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
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
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.
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question