year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
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
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
hospitalization; hospitalisation
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
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.
discovery; detection; finding
regiment of military policemen
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Leophld; Leopold; Leopoldo
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
political offence; political offense