rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
professor; teaching; instruction
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
murder; homicide; manslaughter
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 commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
arrest; apprehension; capture
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
research; study; investigation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
victim; injured party; sufferer
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion