Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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 stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
spurt of blood; spray of blood
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
Asura realm; scene of carnage
battlefield; battleground
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)