account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
island in a pond or river
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
pride; dignity; self-respect
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
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
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
last days; the end; one's fate
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
(an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
student (esp. a university student)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...