always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
chorus; singing in a chorus
cooperation; collaboration
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
outside of; not covered by
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to gather; to collect; to assemble
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
gale; violent (strong) wind
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to move (house); to change residence
although I say; although one might say; although called