to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
one day; (on) a certain day
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago