together; at the same time; same; identical
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
fields (of rice and other crops)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)
Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)
outpost; detached garrison
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
arrest; apprehension; capture
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
middle of the night; dead of night
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
name; given name; first name
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire