minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
member; regular member; active member
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
on the sea; surface of the sea
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(United States of) America; USA
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
Island; insula; island; islet
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
addition; increase; Canada
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)