predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
(someone else's) daughter
suffix for familiar person
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
those (near the second person)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
profitable plan; good plan
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
understanding; comprehension
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than