overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
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
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
secret; private; surreptitious
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
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 plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration