first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
good; goodness; right; virtue
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
July Revolution (France, 1830)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
in history; ever; historical
special; particular; peculiar; unique
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
time; season; period; phase; stage
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
social; societal; societary
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
being placed one upon another; piling up; superimposition; superposition; excellent; splendid