order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
solitude; loneliness; isolation
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
while; even though; despite
speculation; thinking; meditation
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have