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
like; similar to; same as
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer