Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
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
chorus; singing in a chorus
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
Japanese person; Japanese people
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
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.
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo