betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
sick person; patient; invalid
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to feel oneself indebted to
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to become better; to improve
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold