henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
(police) detective; criminal matter
police officer; policeman; constable
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
other side; opposite side; other party
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small shell; small shellfish; kanji "shell" radical at left
river; stream; River; the ... river
dry riverbed; river beach
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature