learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to gather; to collect; to assemble
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to pass (of time); to elapse
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
secretary (government); director; chief
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
day of month; counter for days