cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
work; business; company; study
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to invest someone with a fief; to enfeoff
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
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 remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
on the occasion of; at the time of
Later Han dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to rise to the highest possible rank
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
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit