pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
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
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
information bureau; intelligence department
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
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.)
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
ventilator; ventilating device
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to ask; to enquire; to query
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); simple paper mask
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
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.
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state