you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the slightest bit of room; (lit.) room to stand a gimlet (on its end)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to gather; to collect; to assemble
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
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
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
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 scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
expression; look; countenance; face
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever