place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
adds force or indicates command
of course; certainly; naturally
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
honorific/polite/humble prefix
tradition; legend; folklore
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite