delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
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.
splendid horse; promoted bishop
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
older sister; elder sister
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
society; the world; the times
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality