subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
history of Japan; Japanese history
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
incident; affair; happening; event
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
sports ground; sports oval
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
society; the world; the times
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation