early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
future (usually near); prospects
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 swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration
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
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
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)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
pull; patronage; tug; discount