large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
good; goodness; right; virtue
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
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 drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
in the meanwhile; during the time
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
state of the war; war situation
looking on; remaining a spectator