domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
proper; right; reasonable
unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
missionary; evangelist; propagandist
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
ruin; depravity; corruption
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
latter half of one's life
the first half-year; first half of the year
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
advanced level; high grade; senior