Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
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 burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
scenery; scene; landscape
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
honorific/polite/humble prefix
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
way; method; means; resource; course
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
already; now; no longer; not any more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces