religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
like this; this sort; this way
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
fourth day of the month; four days
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
accession to the throne; enthronement
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
even though; despite; when
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
participation; joining; entry; adherence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
each nation; many nations; many countries
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
decrease; reduction; decline
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in name only; titular; nominal