participation; joining; entry; adherence
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
copyright symbol; copyright sign; copyright
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
furniture store; furniture dealer
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
original picture; key frame; key animation
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
possible; likely; probable
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
of no interest; not interested
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess