year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
accurate; correct; precise; exact
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
by means of; due to; because of; according to
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
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 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)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
presumption; assumption; estimation
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to