table of contents; contents
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
talking politics; discussion of a law case
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
draw curtain; stage curtain
nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
theatre; theater; playhouse
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
posterity; future generations
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
crossroads; crossing; intersection; street