(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
like this; this sort; this way
famous sword; excellent sword
certainly; surely; definitely
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
adds force or indicates command
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the way one works; one's working manner
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
samurai; warrior; military family
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
polish; grinding; sharpening
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep