to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
achievement; feat; distinguished service; meritorious deed
name; given name; first name
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
good-looking; fair; beautiful
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
mistress; kept woman; concubine
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
(Japanese) imperial succession
right (to do something); authority; power