one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this world; this life; world of the living
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
don't you think?; indicates question
medical science; medicine
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
such ... as; or some such
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
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.)