interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
preserved food boiled in soy
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to mark the end; to spell the end
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
trembling with excitement
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal