hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
distinction; differentiation; classification
ago; since; before; previous
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
match; game; bout; contest
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
at that time; in those days
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
such; like that; that sort of; very
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
to join together; to combine; to join up
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much