I see; that's right; indeed
meanwhile; in the meantime
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
time; hour; period; class
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
like; similar to; same as
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
imperial decree; imperial edict
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
phantom; vision; illusion
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
as (for); for; in the capacity of
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she