wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to recall; to remember; to recollect
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
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)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the West; the Occident; Western countries
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
to be found; to be discovered
exemplar; model; example; pattern