shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
before the gate; in front of the gate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
square metre; square meter
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
owner (esp. of a business)
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...