understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
protecting (someone); defending; standing up for
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be exposed to wind; to (go out to) get some air
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
that; the matter in question
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
awareness comes only through practice
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to have meaning; to be meaningful
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch