showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
center; centre; metropolis
land near a castle; castle town
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
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.
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
firm; strong; solid; stable
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
people; men and women; each person; everybody
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
rampancy; prevalence; domination
spirit world; underworld; the next world
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
foreign enemy; outside invader
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
world-destroying conflagration
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)