to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to be silent; to say nothing
adds force or indicates command
young master; son of a high-ranking person
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to come off; to slip down; to slip off