yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
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 look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
senior town administrator (Edo period)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
marriage proposal; marriage talks
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like