ancient nation; homeland; one's native land; birthplace
armed forces; military; troops
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
depending on; dependent on
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to order; to command; to appoint
obediently; submissively; readily; slavishly; without protest
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to grow up; to become an adult
to follow another's example
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
ingenuity; resourcefulness
piece; fragment; one (object)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
cooperation; collaboration
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
in the face of; in defiance of