foreword; preface; introduction; postscript
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
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
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
wherein; therein; thereinto
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
March; third month of the lunar calendar
around the end of (a period of time)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become