first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
ago; since; before; previous
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
primary school; elementary school; grade school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
away from home; while travelling
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be worried; to be troubled
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
father and mother; parents
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
drapery (e.g. cotton, hemp, etc., as opposed to silk); cloth
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat