town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
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
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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
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)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
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; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
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