thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
question; inquiry; enquiry
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
first generation; founder
federal president (e.g. in Germany)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
how long; how far; how much
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
now; the present time; just now; another; more
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
name; given name; first name
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely