rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
professor; teaching; instruction
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
will; testament; last request
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
murder; homicide; manslaughter
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 commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
arrest; apprehension; capture
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
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)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
father; dad; husband; you; he
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
study; research; investigation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
victim; injured party; sufferer
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience