unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
at first; in the beginning; originally
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
successive generations; successive emperors
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
in order; in turn; one by one
color photo; colour photo
people; men and women; each person; everybody
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
notice; attention; observation
chief; main; principal; major
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
consideration; taking into account
society; public; community; social studies
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
fortunately; luckily; thankfully