I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
great hurry; great haste; rush
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
erect tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
-less; lacking; non-existing
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
meaning; significance; sense
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
head; chief; chairman; governor; top student; head of the class
in order; in turn; one by one
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with