year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
scene; spectacle; sight; view
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
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 knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
environment; circumstance
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment