(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
originally; by nature; from the start
monolith; large slab of rock
feeling; sense; impression
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
in comparison to; rather than
beyond this point; from now on; after this
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
half a ken (3 shaku, approx. 0.91m)
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force