Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
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 lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
entreaty; appeal; petition
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
sudden change; sudden turn
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
settlement; solution; resolution
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)