to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
in deep black; in jet black
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
infancy; childhood; tender age
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
intimacy; affection; familiarity
light; faint; pale; fleeting
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
river; stream; River; the ... river
river management; river improvement; flood control
use; utilization; utilisation; application
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
attendant; attendance upon another
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
best regards; please take care of; please do
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base