prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
while; even though; despite
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to collect; to assemble; to gather
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
acid; sourness; sour taste
(navigable) canal; waterway
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to