that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...
instant; moment; for an instant
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
work; business; company; study
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
vicissitudes; ups and downs
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
dictation; verbal statement
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
Hirosaki (city in Aomori)
Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
at that time; in those days
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)