direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
almost; roughly; approximately
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
parting; separation; farewell
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Island; insula; island; islet
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
beginning; outset; first; onset
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
operation; functioning; running