reaching; attaining; arrival
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
along; parallel to; in accordance with
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
tendency; trend; inclination
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
somehow; for some reason or other
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor