point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
telephone call; telephone (device)
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
personal; individual; private
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
responsibility; duty; obligation
to take charge during someone's absence
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
courteous; decorous; polite
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
front; frontage; facade; main
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
exchange of blows; long rally
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
successive generations; successive emperors
imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War; portrait or photo of a person of high rank
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
enumeration; citation; listing
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to rebuild; to reconstruct