family name; lineage; birth; clan
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
pressure; oppression; suppression
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
independence; self-reliance
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
while; even though; despite
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)