interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
alone; by oneself; on one's own
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
river; stream; River; the ... river
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
newcomer; initiate; rookie
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
eating without paying; eating for free
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
all you want; as much as one wants
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
even though; despite; when
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)