both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
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 catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
cultivated fields; countryside
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to face; to go towards; to head towards
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?