activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
construction; establishment
to intend; to be sure that
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
tricolour flag; tricolor flag
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
chief; main; principal; important