(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
serious; not joking; straight
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
all present; all concerned; all of us
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
editor (in publishing, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
two persons; two people; pair; couple
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others