you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
motherland; fatherland; native country
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
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to blaze; to burn brightly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 turn towards; to point
while; during; while; although; all; both
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
family; members of a family