to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be needed; to be wanted
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
defense; defence; protection
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
secrecy; highly classified information
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
level ground; plain; flatland
position; location; base; point; site
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
rule; reign; government; governing
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
I see; that's right; indeed
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)