still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
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
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
chapter one; first chapter
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
other side; opposite side; other party
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to examine someone's expression
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)