establishment; settlement
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
difficult to ...; hard to ...
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
form of verse; verse form; poetic form
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
rise and fall (of nations); destiny
reason; logic; method; system; order
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
nothing but; none other than
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
village; hamlet; settlement
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)