as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
home area; home town; local
about when; about what time; how soon
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
elegance; taste; refinement
An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
by means of; due to; because of; according to
changing completely; transformation
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
to fall into another's hands
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
turning to the right; right turn
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for