force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
in that way; thus; so; so?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
adds force or indicates command
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
go that far; to that extent
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in