adds force or indicates command
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
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
cough; hawking; laughing and talking at the same time; speak laughing
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
explosion; rupture; break off
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
rather; better; instead; if anything
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
surroundings; environs; circumference
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity