question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
and so; therefore; for that reason
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation
every year; yearly; annually
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
society; the world; the times
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
world; society; people; the public
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
if it is the case that ...
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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 rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
armor and helmet (armour)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition