Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
consequence; outcome; result; blame
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
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 carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to mix; to stir; to blend
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be silent; to say nothing
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
branch office; branch store
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner