first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
modernization; modernisation
appointment; assignment; promotion
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
summer vacation; summer holiday
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
(political) power; authority; influence
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement