country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
by means of; due to; because of; according to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
such; like that; that sort of; very
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
Japanese person; Japanese people
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others