always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to detain; to check; to restrain
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
war; fighting; fierce competition
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
set meal; special (of the day)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
president (of a society); chairman
small restaurant; eating house
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
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
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
name; given name; first name
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers