order of chivalry; chivalric order
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
by means of; due to; because of; according to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
difference; disparity; gap
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
table of contents; contents
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
second grade; second class; secondary
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
original story; original version; this volume