circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
master thief; notorious robber
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
congratulation; celebration
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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 tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
wood (for building); lumber; timber
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself