year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
a little; a bit; slightly
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation