occasional; infrequent; rare
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
early (days); initial stage; initial
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
distribution; allocation; dispensation; impartation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
assistant ...; probationary ...
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
pioneer; settler; colonist
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
human intellect; knowledge
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
high voltage; high pressure
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
January; first month of the lunar calendar
adoration; admiration; devotion
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
ancestor; forefather; foremother
pride; boast; credit (to)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
favorable circumstances; prosperity
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
establishment (of a business); founding