present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
February; second month of the lunar calendar
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing
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
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
whole nation; whole land; whole country
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
striking; remarkable; considerable
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging