source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
Heike family; Taira family
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
on the way back; returning
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
reason; cause; circumstances
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up