smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
composition; setting (of music)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
athletic meet (esp. at primary school); sports day; field day
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
imagination; supposition; guess
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
moment; brief space of time
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance