to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
of great promise; with a promising future
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
in comparison to; rather than
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government