to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
please (give me); please (do for me)
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)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
notebook; account book; register
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
in that way; thus; so; so?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
adds force or indicates command
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr