information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
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
oracle; revelation; divine message
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
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.
breeding; raising; rearing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
space (room, area, outer space)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
fortune-telling; divination
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour