please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
way of calling (something or someone)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
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.)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to move (house); to change residence
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
way; method; means; resource; course
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut