thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
without cause; without reason
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
and then; and so; and; so then
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
lifting (a child) high up in the air
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
prickling; stinging; tingling
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
world; society; people; the public
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine