class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
name; given name; first name
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to manage something successfully; to be successful
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
anything and everything; just about everything
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to