people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to help each other; to cooperate
while; during; while; although; all; both
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
well-known store; famous shop
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
river; stream; River; the ... river
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
people; citizens; subjects; folk
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
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.
street vendor (often carrying wares in baskets hanging from a pole); hawking goods; hawker
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
generation; lifetime; age
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
bags and pouches; bags; thing in a bag
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof