various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
home; household; family; hearth
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
whole nation; whole land; whole country
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
function; facility; faculty; feature
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more