near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
solitude; loneliness; isolation
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
pronunciation; production of sound
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
sailor; boatman; passenger
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
that's the way it is; such is life
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
parting; separation; farewell
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
but; however; provided that
difficult to ...; hard to ...