preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(another's) daughter; young lady
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
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.
perception; sensation; awareness
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least