year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to repeat; to do something over again
to win and advance to the next round
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thereupon; shortly thereafter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
even more; still more; further
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone