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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
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 have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
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
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
middle ten days 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 ...); (someone's) side
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
thereupon; shortly thereafter
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of 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 ...
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning