year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
natural calamity; disaster
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to write down; to note; to remember
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
posterity; future life; life to come
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
incident; affair; happening; event
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
almost; roughly; approximately
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to arrive; to come to pass