figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
legend; folklore; tradition
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
society; the world; the times
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to need; to call for; to require
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
while; during; while; although; all; both
such; like that; that sort of
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...