(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
being very busy; busyness
very loose; slowly; leisurely
correction; revision; amendment
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to finish; to complete; to understand
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
by means of; due to; because of; according to
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
tone or force of an argument