quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
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.
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
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
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
prince's message; command of a prince
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)