Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
open; spacious; extensive
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
in the end; on top of that
mountain range; mountain belt
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
police; police officer; police station
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
main temple building; nave
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
government; administration
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do; terrible; dreadful; frightening
village headman; village mayor
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
substation; branch office
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip