smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
family; relatives; dependents; household
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
in that way; thus; so; so?
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
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.
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
flexible (of people); open-minded
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
Emperor Saga; Saga Tenno (786-842 CE, reigning: 809-823 CE)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
adds force or indicates command
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
good; goodness; right; virtue
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
offender; criminal; culprit
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...