to establish; to formulate
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
founder; originator; pioneer
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
powerless; helpless; incompetent
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
nothing but; none other than
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
under control (e.g. of territory)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
phantom; vision; illusion
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark