lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
how; in what way; how about
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
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 protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
bravery; courage; heroism
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext