feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
in this way; thus; such; uh...
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to make merry; to be festive
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
practice; practising; training; study
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
God bless me!; Good heavens!
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
same country; same province; the (said) country
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
clanging; empty; deserted
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine