library; book collection; paperback book
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
table of contents; contents
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
disturbance; riot; mayhem
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
every person; each one; everybody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
inner citadel; core; center; centre
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner