(ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT]
(とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT]
(とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT]
(nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ) year [CE-DICT]
先
(せん) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move [EDICT]
(さき) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party; (P) [EDICT]
(xiān, ㄒㄧㄢ) early; prior; former; in advance; first [CE-DICT]
だ
() (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT]
() (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT]
() (prt) even [EDICT]
() (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT]
() (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT]
(兌) (n) dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching [EDICT]
きり
() (adv,adv-to) (1) (on-mim) (See きりっと) stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; (2) cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; (3) creaking of a door or oar [EDICT]
(切り) (n) (1) end; finish; stop; (2) (See 切りがない,切りのない) bounds; limits; (3) (esp. 限り,限) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf,ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (prt) (6) (uk) (senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech) (See っ切り・っきり・1) only; just; (7) (uk) (usu. in a negative sentence) since; (8) (uk) remaining (in a particular state); (P) [EDICT]
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]
