unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
(present) head of a family
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
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
unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)
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 chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
preparations for a journey
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole