law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
suffix for familiar person
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
society; the world; the times
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.
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to repeat; to do something over again