reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
book; volume; this; present; main; head
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
all; entire; whole; altogether
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
forwarding agency; express company
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
finding employment; getting a job
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
business; trade; operations; sales
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
serious; not joking; straight
beyond that point; after that
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
adds force or indicates command
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)