several years standing; over several years
each nation; many nations; many countries
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
lamentation; deploring; admiration; praise
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
various countries; various regions; various provinces
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to have one's hair cut; to cut one's hair
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
July Revolution (France, 1830)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
Kannin era (1017.4.23-1021.2.2)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
secretly; covertly; tacitly
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
old clothes; secondhand clothing
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
another thing; other things; another man's property
several weeks; a few weeks
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...