source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
Heike family; Taira family
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds or rabbits
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
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 work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to head home; to leave for home
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop