knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
than; other than; except; but
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
Europe and America; the West
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
older brother; elder brother
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
person who is ...; thing that is ...
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...