offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
action of making something; -ification
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
much less; to say nothing of
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
god king; god-king; guardian deity
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
many children; large family
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
local specialty; special product (of a region)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to accept; to receive; to agree
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
considerably; fairly; quite
medical care; medical treatment
very much; very many; more and more
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to boost; to force up; to push up