first generation; founder
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.