new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
such; like that; that sort of; very
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
time; season; period; phase; stage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
how; in what way; how about
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
March; third month of the lunar calendar
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
by means of; due to; because of; according to
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; some time ago; recently
now; the present time; just now; another; more
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
is something that; is that which
people; men and women; each person; everybody