country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor