gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
personal affair; one's own affair
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
adds force or indicates command
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to say; to be called; to do
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
in that way; thus; so; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire