good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
older brother; elder brother
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
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
security for a loan; collateral
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
world of suffering; life of prostitution
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to talk; to chat; to chatter
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
going into battle; departure for the front
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar