I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to pass (of time); to elapse
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
upper part; upper region; region above
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
yen (currency of Japan); circle
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty
the last day of the year; New Year's Eve
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine used as an antitussive and a breath freshener
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to use; to make use of; to utilize
one grain; one drop; one bead
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank