this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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.)
professor; teaching; instruction
welcome!; nice to see you!
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
honorific/polite/humble prefix
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
cooperation; collaboration
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
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
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.
it is I who should say so
cooperation; collaboration
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
really; truly; indeed; good grief
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)