audience; spectator; spectators
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
festival merrymaking; revelry
objection; dissent; protest
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
defence expenditure; defense expenditure; defence cost; defense cost
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
festival; feast; carnival
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
if it is the case that ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
Marco Polo Bridge (China)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
military of the Empire of Japan
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)