seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
miser; cheapskate; scrooge
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
number one; first; best; most; game; round
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
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.)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
called; known as; that; to say
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
these guys; these fellows
personal history document; curriculum vitae; resume
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
training; drill; practice; discipline