claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
because; the reason why is
change in appearance; transformation
complete metamorphosis; holometabolism
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to be born; to come into the world
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to grow up; to become an adult
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
mental; spiritual; emotional
the first and second; a few
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
district; section; sector
arts and sciences; liberal arts