promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
much less; to say nothing of
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
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
already; now; no longer; not any more
indescribable; having no way to express
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
river; stream; River; the ... river
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
place; situation; position; location
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
something; some kind of; for some reason
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
even more; still more; further
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous