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
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
number one; first; best; most; game; round
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this world; this life; world of the living
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
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.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
what a blessing; how fortunate; thank goodness
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
like this; this sort; this way
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to subsist; to keep on living
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
trolling; singing in a circular canon; round
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")