reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
overall victory; championship
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
at once; immediately; right now
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
discipline; training; teaching manners
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
frequency (of occurrence)
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
school for Japanese outside of Japan
pupil; student; schoolchild
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
question; inquiry; enquiry
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh