woman; lady; adult female
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
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
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
early (days); initial stage; initial
breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
beginning (of a century, etc.)
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
middle period; medium-term
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
image; figure; figure; form; image