May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
society; the world; the times
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
all; entire; whole; altogether
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
fortune-telling; divination
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of