one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
these guys; these fellows
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
that; the matter in question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
though; notwithstanding; although
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
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
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
a dime a dozen; two a penny
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
instant; moment; for an instant
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
middle of the night; dead of night
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)