counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
plot; conspiracy; conference
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
late at night; small hours of the morning
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
of course; certainly; naturally
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
how long; how much; to what extent
to spread; to be propagated
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
complete collection; large collection; complete works
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
number one; first; best; most; game; round
sunlight; rays of the Sun
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
height of; middle of; full bloom
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age