thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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)
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 try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
older brother; elder brother
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
in that way; thus; so; so?
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
adds force or indicates command
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
(some) more; even more; longer; further