man; male; masculine gender
farming implement; small noh accessory
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
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.)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
honorific/polite/humble prefix
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
arrest; apprehension; capture
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
because of; owing to; due to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to