chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
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
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one large ...; a great ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?