popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
witnessing; observing; sighting
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
incompetence; inability; disability; incapacity
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
hope of success; prospects of success
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
thoroughly; through and through
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
image; figure; figure; form; image
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
to use; to make use of; to utilize
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
undergoing training; learning
wet nurse; nursing mother
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
pronunciation; production of sound
most difficult; next to impossible
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron