skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument)
at that time; in those days
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
mountain range; mountain belt
group; bunch; crowd; group
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
small fraction; small proportion
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
true state; actual condition; reality
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)