to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(some) more; even more; longer; further
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to beat to death; to kill
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
patterns of thinking; train of thought
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
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
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience