indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be needed; to be wanted
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
tenement house; row house
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
security for a loan; collateral
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
to commit a crime; to do evil
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to have an eye on; to zero in on
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
gambling den; gambling house
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.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much