gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
now; soon; already; yet; further; more