Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
and yet; though; when; in spite of
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
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.)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
completely beating someone up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing someone
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
adhering to (a view, policy, etc.); sticking to; holding fast to; steadfastly maintaining
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days