imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
apparent age (of someone); rough age
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(Saitou) Musashibou Benkei (?-1189)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...