to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
in order; in turn; one by one
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
general; popular; common; typical
classification; categorization; sorting
dominion; territory; possession
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
plural; multiple; several
possession; retention; maintenance
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
(someone else's) child; child; kid
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
for example; for instance; e.g.
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
easy; simple; there's no way that ...