director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
war; fighting; fierce competition
older brother and younger sister
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
just one person; only one
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder