state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...