(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
such; this sort of; like this
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
notice; attention; observation
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
progress; advance; improvement; development
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
story; tale; talk; discussion
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter