sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
ten; 10; ten years of age
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
surroundings; environs; circumference
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
although I say; although one might say; although called
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
by means of; due to; because of; according to
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
seedling; young plant; rice seedling