people; men and women; each person; everybody
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
incident; affair; happening; event
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
ago; since; before; previous
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
general; popular; common; typical
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to be surprised; to be astonished
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari