Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
region; limits; stage; level
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
February; second month of the lunar calendar
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
galactic empire (in science fiction)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
drama; play; powerful drug
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
intercept; interception; counter-attack
while; during (the time when)