(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
spine; backbone; spinal column
criticism; critique; review; commentary
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
failure; mistake; blunder
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
society; the world; the times
superstition; superstitious belief
many; numerous; various; large number of
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
senior high school; high school
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
(some) more; even more; longer; further
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
list price; regular price; established price
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
colour printing; color printing
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
must not; should not; do not
accompanying note; postscript
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty