avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
for example; for instance; e.g.
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
reaching; attaining; arrival
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
that is to say; so that means
go that far; to that extent
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
as (for); for; in the capacity of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
presumption; assumption; estimation
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
female university student
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
at that time; in those days
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
already known; well-known
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
possession; occupation; occupancy
strict; close; precise; scrupulous