desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
saying in other words; putting (something) another way
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
already; now; no longer; not any more
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
in comparison to; rather than
rather; better; instead; if anything
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
goodness; excellence; virtue
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
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.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of