why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that's the way it is; such is life
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
members; member; constituent
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
arrest; apprehension; capture
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
fifth day of the month; five days
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
two persons; two people; pair; couple