well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
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.
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
opinion; intention; thought
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
obedience; submission; resignation
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
grey wall covering material (gray)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
construction; establishment
(political) power; authority; influence
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
no!; no no!; no, not at all
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be surprised; to be astonished
to say; to be called; to do
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay