first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
evil design; crafty plan; plot
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to become frosted; to become frosty
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
difficult to ...; hard to ...
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
thereupon; shortly thereafter
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning