tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
made in Japan; Japanese-made
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
the same rank; equality; apposition
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
discussion; argument; debate
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
information; news; intelligence
Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun (1872-1943, became the Mainichi Shimbun)
3000; three thousand; many
a certain person; unnamed person; Mr. So-and-so; a certain someone who shall remain unnamed
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
association; society; organization; organisation
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
complete works; complete collection; complete series
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
emperor (of Japan); mikado
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
even though; despite; when
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
stranger; person from another place
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care