martial arts school situated in a town
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
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
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.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thousand years; very long period; forever
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
it's no joke; gimme a break!
what the hell are you saying!?
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
like this; in this way; as you see