order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
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 think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
on the occasion of; at the time of
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
phonograph record; gramophone record
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago