happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
construction; architecture (of buildings)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
completion of construction
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
it is not (like that) either
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any