thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
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.
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
dozens; scores of; decades
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
such; this sort of; like this
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
war; battle; match; game; competition
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
movie projector; film projector; cine projector
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)