to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
lux (unit of illuminance)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
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
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
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 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)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to make an appearance; to show up
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mythical two-tailed monster cat
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
monster cat; cat with magical powers
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to pierce through; to break through
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)