country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
annual function; annual event
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
postwar period; period after Second World War
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
participation; joining; entry; adherence
custom; practice; convention; precedent
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family