expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
family; relatives; dependents; household
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
inside one's heart; in one's mind
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
in succession; one by one
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
attendance (at school); going to school
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
scene; spectacle; sight; view
single word; a few words; brief comment
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be entwined; to be involved
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)