person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
god of death; death deity; Death
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
government service; the bureaucracy
you (plural); all of you; you all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; now; no longer; not any more
any more; any further; any better; any longer
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
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
duty; function; office; mission; task
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.
accomplishment; execution
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
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
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
rikka; formal style of ikebana
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
and yet; though; when; in spite of