ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
member of shogun's council of elders
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
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 operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
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
again; once more; a second time
one party; one faction; one clique
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
fate; destiny; predestination
two persons; two people; pair; couple
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold