coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
this world; this life; world of the living
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
about this time; about now
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to run about; to rush about
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics