to attempt; to test; to try out
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved