kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
number one; first; best; most; game; round
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
when it becomes; when it comes to
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
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 accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo