to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to despise; to belittle; to look down on
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
convention; tired tradition; old custom
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
rich country; national enrichment
powerful army; strengthening of the military
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
considerably; fairly; quite
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
coming into and out of sight
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
introduction; presentation; referral; listing