be careful about fire; watch out for fire
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
how; in what way; how about
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.)
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
honorific/polite/humble prefix
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to steal; to rob; to take away
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
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
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward