to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
meaning; significance; sense
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
by means of; due to; because of; according to
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
former years; formerly; a few years ago
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to prevent; to take precautions
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
armed might; military power; the sword; force