motherland; fatherland; native country
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
keep in mind; take note of; remember
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
price; cost; value; worth; value
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
republican form of government
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
knowing; (an) acquaintance
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi