chapter one; first chapter
imperial court; royal court
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
change of colour; changing colours; differently coloured (but otherwise similar); different; unusual
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 urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to mow; to reap; to harvest
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe