country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
rule; reign; peaceful times
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to be dead; to be lifeless
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to force to do; to compel
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
reflective water surface; reflecting water
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
1000 ri; (a) long distance
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that