red iron oxide; red ocher
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
green dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
free (of charge); gratuitous
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
treatment; service; handling; management
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
various articles; various items; various kinds
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me