small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to collect; to assemble; to gather
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
tenement house; row house
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people