to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
Island; insula; island; islet
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
fishing industry; fishery
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
society; the world; the times
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
beginning; outset; first; onset
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue