one grade; first-class; primary
armored warship; armor-clad ship
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
when you get to the destination
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to head home; to leave for home
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
countries; (various) nations
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
in the meanwhile; during the time
established fact; fait accompli
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
dungeon; dungeon (in an RPG or video game); (underground) labyrinth
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)