one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
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
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
honorific/polite/humble prefix
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
considerably; fairly; quite
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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 leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
leaning to the left; leftist tendency; becoming radical
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
family name; lineage; birth; clan
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)