friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
billboard; advertising sign
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
on the occasion of; at the time of
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
dealing with; coping with
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
cooperation; collaboration
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
beyond this point; from now on; after this
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten