certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to become settled; to be fixed
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
every year; yearly; annually
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
established practice; custom
to repeat; to do something over again
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
way (of doing); manner; method; means
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
postwar period; period after Second World War
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext; good reputation; good name; beautiful name
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
nowadays; in this day and age
company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to look down on; to make light of
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
etc.; et cetera; and so on
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
rather; better; instead; if anything
not limited to; not just ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to do together; to share; to participate in