exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
should; must; -able; probably; likely
singing voice; (sound of) singing
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
arm; skill; efforts; ability
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
same family (race, tribe)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
you (plural); all of you; you all
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
soldier; combatant; warrior
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
wall clock; grandfather clock
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh