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.)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
league; federation; union; alliance
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
board of directors; board of trustees
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
February; second month of the lunar calendar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
due form; official; formality
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
inari and maki sushi served together
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Buddhist (household) altar
honorific/polite/humble prefix
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
master; teacher; stable master
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest