teaching of English; English teaching
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
center; centre; metropolis
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to pick up; to find; to gather
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hello; good day; good afternoon
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
of all things (days, etc.)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to shake; to sway; to waver
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said