year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
honour; honor; glory; renown
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
beginning; outset; first; onset
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
education; training; discipline
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
such; like that; that sort of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
while; during; performed in this condition
legend; folklore; tradition
principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
insatiable; untiring; persistent
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
like this; this sort; this way
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody