inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
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
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
complexion; colour; color; blood red
swear word; dirty word; coprolalia
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
don't you think?; indicates question
to be silent; to say nothing
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
consequence; outcome; result; blame
quite; utterly; really; completely
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
anything and everything; just about everything
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers