house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
but; however; provided that
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
double; twice (as much); twofold
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(present) head of a family
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
God bless me!; Good heavens!
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
anything and everything; just about everything
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
myself; yourself; I; me; you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa