[きじ, kiji] (n) article; news story; report; account; (P) #60
[さが;なりくせ(性)(ok), saga ; narikuse ( sei )(ok)] (n) (1) one's nature; one's destiny; (2) custom; tradition; habit #103
[わ, wa] (ctr) counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc. #143
[はなし, hanashi] (n) (1) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; (2) discussions; negotiation; argument; (P) #143
[toki] (n) regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen #186
[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[かた(P);がた, kata (P); gata] (n) (1) model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); (2) (がた when a suffix) (See 朝型) type; style; pattern; (3) mold (mould); template; model; (4) kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.); (5) form (i.e. customary procedure); (6) size (i.e. clothing, shoes); (7) (obsc) (See 品種) (taxonomical) form; (P) #203
[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[れきし, rekishi] (n, adj-no) history; (P) #234
[ば, ba] (n) (1) place; spot; space; (2) field; discipline; sphere; realm; (3) (See その場) occasion; situation; (4) scene (of a play, movie, etc.); (5) session (of the stock market); (6) area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); (7) { physics } field; (8) field (gestalt psychology); (P) #247
[つち(P);つし(地), tsuchi (P); tsushi ( chi )] (n) (1) earth; soil; dirt; (2) the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; (3) (See 鳥の子紙) low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (4) (also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌) (See 陰陽道) (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou); (P) #252
[あるじ, aruji] (n) (1) (abbr) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant); (2) (arch) (also written as 饗) (See 饗設け) entertaining someone as one's guest #295
[ふひと;ふびと;ふみひと, fuhito ; fubito ; fumihito] (suf) history (e.g. of some country) #311
[ふひと;ふびと;ふみひと, fuhito ; fubito ; fumihito] (n) (arch) court historian #311
[かこ, kako] (n-adv, n) (1) the past; bygone days; the previous; (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; (3) { ling } past (tense); preterit; preterite; (4) { Buddh } previous life; (P) #375
[もの(P);もん, mono (P); mon] (n) (1) (uk) (sl) stock; products; (2) stolen goods; loot; spoils #417
[かれ, kare] (n) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1, 此れ・1, 其れ・1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); (3) (arch) over there; (4) (あれ only) (col) down there (i.e. one's genitals); (5) (あれ only) (col) period; menses; (int) (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh?; (n) (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time); (P) #451
[しんき, shinki] (adj-na, adj-no) (1) new; fresh; (2) new customer; (3) new rules or regulations; (P) #464
[てん, ten] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 御店) merchant's home; (2) (See 店子) rented home; (3) (orig. meaning, also written as 棚) (See 店棚) store; shop #497
[てん, ten] (n-suf) (See 土産店) -store; -shop; (P) #497
[みせ, mise] (n) (orig. abbr. of 店棚;見世棚) store; shop; establishment; (P) #497
[dou] (int) (See どうどう) whoa (command used to stop a horse, etc.) #499
[たね, tane] (n) (1) seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; (2) material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); (3) cause; source; trick; secret; inside story; (P) #565
[しょうせつ, shousetsu] (n, adj-no) novel; (short) story; (P) #596
[しゃりょう, sharyou] (n) rolling stock; railroad cars; vehicles; (P) #617
[れい(P);ためし, rei (P); tameshi] (n, pref, adj-no) (1) custom; practice; habit; usual; (2) (れい only) said; aforementioned; (3) instance; example; case; illustration; usage; (4) precedent; (5) (れい only) annual; (P) #638
[ほぞん, hozon] (n, vs) preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance; (P) #678
[ものがたり, monogatari] (n, vs, adj-no) tale; story; legend; (P) #778
[りれき, rireki] (n) personal history; background; career; log; record; (P) #925
[いし, ishi] (n) (1) stone; (2) gem; jewel; (P) #928
[もとい, motoi] (n) (1) { chem } (See 官能基) group; (2) (See 遊離基) (free) radical; (ctr) (3) counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones) #1021
[よう, you] (n) (1) pivot; (2) vital point; cornerstone; keystone; (3) (See 要黐) Japanese photinia; (P) #1078
[よう, you] (n) (1) cornerstone; main point; keystone; (2) requirement; need; (adj-f) (3) necessary; required #1078
[かい, kai] (n, n-suf) (1) storey; story; floor; (n) (2) (See 階・きざはし・1) stairs; (n, n-suf) (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy); (ctr) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building; (P) #1097
[ざ, za] (n, n-suf) (1) seat; place; position; (2) status; (3) gathering; group; (4) stand; pedestal; platform; (5) (historical) trade guild; (suf) (6) attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations; (suf, ctr) (7) (See 里神楽) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (P) #1135
[けいれき, keireki] (n, vs) personal history; career; (P) #1137
[だし(P);ダシ, dashi (P); dashi] (n) (1) (uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); (2) (出し only) pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man; (P) #1174
[ふつう, futsuu] (adj-no) (1) general; ordinary; usual; (adv) (2) normally; generally; usually; (3) (abbr) (See 普通列車) train that stops at every station; (P) #1198
[だん, dan] (ctr) counter for parts (of a story, etc.) #1228
[しな, shina] (n) (1) (esp. 品) article; item; thing; goods; stock; (2) quality; (3) (uk) (esp. 科) (See 科を作る) flirtatiousness; coquetry; (P) #1244
[き, ki] (n, n-suf) (1) (also written 紀) account; history; chronicle; annals; record; (n) (2) (abbr) (See 古事記) Records of Ancient Matters #1249
[しゅじんこう, shujinkou] (n) (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); (2) head of household; (P) #1309
[ゆらい, yurai] (adv, n, vs) origin; source; history; derivation; reason; destiny; (P) #1328
[さね, sane] (n) (1) (obsc) pit (of a fruit); stone; (2) core; (3) tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards); (4) clitoris #1332
[えんかく, enkaku] (n) history; development; (P) #1397
[れんさい, rensai] (n, vs, adj-no) serialization; serialisation; serial story; (P) #1436
[れき, reki] (suf) history of; experience of #1454
[てんぽ, tenpo] (n) shop; store; (P) #1470
[しょうひん, shouhin] (n) commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise; (P) #1573
[おわらい, owarai] (n) comical (story, song); comic #1577