imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
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
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; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
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, ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
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; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
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 ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all