art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
in terms of; from the point of view of
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
in the meanwhile; during the time
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
such; like that; that sort of; very
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement