Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
criticism; critique; review; commentary
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)