string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
cannot be compared with; no match for
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
war; fighting; fierce competition
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
making efficient; optimization
all times and places; all ages and countries
while alive; during one's lifetime
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
war; battle; match; game; competition
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
is something that; is that which
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to carry around; to carry on one's person
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
many; numerous; various; large number of
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
how; in what way; how about