golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to paint (draw) a picture
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
all times and places; all ages and countries
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
strong interaction; strong force
without; but if; otherwise; or else
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
weak force; weak interaction
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
loading; charging; filling
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
one's own handwriting; autograph
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane