assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
team competition; team game
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
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)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to