very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
name; title; designation; fame; reputation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in that way; thus; so; so?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
ago; since; before; previous