blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
same country; same province; the (said) country
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
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
God bless me!; Good heavens!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
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.
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
internal organ; viscera; gut
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that's the way it is; such is life
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
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.)