remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
infancy; childhood; tender age
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
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 take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
solitude; loneliness; isolation
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)