country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
smoothly; easily; readily
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
button (clothing); push-button
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
I see; that's right; indeed
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
very likely; very probable
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
abuse; misuse; perversion
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue