16th day of the month; 16 days
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
theatre; theater; playhouse
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
inari and maki sushi served together
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; type of dance in kabuki; knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
old woman; joker (in old maid)
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)