this occasion; at this time; now
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
how; in what way; how about
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; errand; nature of one's business
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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
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.
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
foster father; adoptive father
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
personage; person (deserving of respect)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use