very young; little; childish; immature
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
celebration; congratulations
while; during (the time when)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
national polity; National Athletic Meet
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
domestic affairs; internal administration
foreign policy; diplomatic affairs
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
detached; aloof; indifferent
image; figure; figure; form; image
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
intimacy; closeness; close relative; pro- (e.g. pro-American)
assistant ...; probationary ...
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
fine weather during the rainy season
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
on the occasion of; at the time of
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside