main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
unexpectedly; surprisingly
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
successive generations; successive emperors
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to cease; to stop; to be over
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to shout (in anger); to yell
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to be embarrassed; to lose face
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
like that; that way; thus
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to wait and see; to see how the land lies