illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
rather; better; instead; if anything
abstractness; abstraction
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
because; for; the reason why is ...
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
(religious) faith; belief; creed
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(social) position; status
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
icon; simple ink drawing (of a buddha, mandala, etc.)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
spread; span; expanse; extent
again; once more; a second time
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...