March; third month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
emperor's arrival (at his office, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
just now; right now; at this moment
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
honorific/polite/humble prefix
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
corolla (of flower); garland; wreath
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; name; title
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
occasional; infrequent; rare