writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
correction; revision; amendment
time axis; time basis; timeline
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
Ministry of the Environment
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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.
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
organs of the state; machinery of the state
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ancient Shinto music and dancing
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
revengeful ghost; apparition
all kinds of spirits and goblins
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
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