wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
decline; fall; decay; withering
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Jōgan era (859.4.15-877.4.16)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
energy; military strength
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26); Kanbyō era
Chōhō era (999.1.13-1004.7.20)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7); Eiho era
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
left-hand radical of a character
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual