clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
pressure; oppression; suppression
high mountain; alpine mountain
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
decrease; reduction; decline
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
congratulation; celebration
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of