(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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 cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question