to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to get hungry; to become hungry
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
don't you think?; indicates question
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
expression; look; countenance; face
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity