bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
in the end; at the end of the day
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
military officer; naval officer
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)