(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
few decades; many decades; several decades
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
that is to say; so that means
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
no matter what it is; in every case
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving