may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
adds force or indicates command
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
letter; missive; note; mail
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
major powers of the world; great powers
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
defense; defence; defensive preparations
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)