order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
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
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
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 think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
on the occasion of; at the time of
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
phonograph record; gramophone record
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago