producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
modernization; modernisation
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
society; the world; the times
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
junior high school student; middle school pupil
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
something like ...; something called ...
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
storehouse; warehouse; godown
number one; first; best; most; game; round
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
snake; serpent; large snake
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side