intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
that is to say; so that means
Japan's best; number one in Japan
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
highest grade; superlative degree
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
flour; meal; powder; dust
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
milling; grinding into flour
double; twice (as much); twofold
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe