Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
ancient Japanese martial arts
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
existence; being; presence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute