direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
drop (e.g. of water); drip
88 years old; (arch.) rice
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
how; in what way; how about
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)