national; founded and run by the central government
assistant professor; associate professor
suffix for familiar person
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
marriage proposal; marriage talks
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
real thing; original; actual
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
nothing but; except; no more than
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
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.
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
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
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
evacuation advisory; official advice to evacuate
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
river; stream; River; the ... river
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
from now; from this moment; henceforth
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
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me