number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to entrust; to leave to a person
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Japanese person; Japanese people
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
management; administration; operation
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
casual speech; peer language; informal language
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy