once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
woman; female; feminine gender
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
name; given name; first name
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
man; male; masculine gender
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
murder; homicide; manslaughter
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
arrest; apprehension; capture
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
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
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
company president; manager; director
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
two persons; two people; pair; couple
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
victim; injured party; sufferer
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(state of) unconsciousness
hospitalization; hospitalisation
all; entire; whole; altogether