secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
constitution; rules; regulation
proclamation; promulgation
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
tenement house; row house
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
weakness; feebleness; imbecility
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red