yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
older brother; elder brother
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
exemplar; model; example; pattern
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in that way; thus; so; so?
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
all present; all concerned; all of us
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province