Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
at that time; in those days
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
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
destruction; collapse; crumbling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
major earthquake; large earthquake
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)