period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
power; authority; influence
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
our country; our land; one's own country
the five virtues; tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of such an object
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
livestock; domestic animals
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal