wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
successive generations; successive emperors
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
literary woman; talented woman
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
results; record; grades; marks
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to dye in different colors (colours)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
and yet; though; when; in spite of
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
graduate; alumnus; alumna