strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to carry out one's mission
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
hired thief taker (Edo period); private detective; private secret policeman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
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 eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
it's been a long time; long time no see
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
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.)
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
by means of; due to; because of; according to
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation