to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
almost; roughly; approximately
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
form; shape; figure; visage
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
environment; circumstance
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
reality; actuality; hard fact
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to thrust before; to thrust at
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
life; living; I; me; student
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education