poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
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
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
reinforcement; strengthening
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
a little bit; a little while
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the