world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
young girl; lass; adolescent female
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
intelligence; intellect; brains
to triumph; to be elated with success
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north