year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
dismissal (from a position); discharge
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
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.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
distinction; differentiation; classification
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
people; men and women; each person; everybody
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
back street; back alley; off-street
to collect; to assemble; to gather
100,000; hundred thousand
armed forces; military; troops
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?