sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
image; figure; figure; form; image
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
existence; possession; having; limited company
finish; completion; the end
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
righteousness; justice; right
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
book printed from woodblocks
kanji "dotted cliff" radical (radical 53)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back