to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
even more; still more; further
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
steel; sword steel; sword
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)