professor; teaching; instruction
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
strange disease; rare disease
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in the meanwhile; during the time
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(written) work; book; writings
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute