method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
banknote; bill; note; paper money
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
monster cat; cat with magical powers
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
cannot be helped; unavoidable
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
successive generations; successive emperors
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
resignation (from a position)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
one day; (on) a certain day
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
surroundings; environs; circumference
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much