character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
major subject; special study
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
same village; same town; same province
older brother; elder brother
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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.
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
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
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
castle (in place names); castle; fortress