drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
by means of; due to; because of; according to
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
oppression; suppression; pressure
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(some) more; even more; longer; further
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
100,000; hundred thousand
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence