indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
adds force or indicates command
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
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.
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
founder; originator; pioneer
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
action of making something; -ification