(not) even once; (not) ever
memory; sense; experience
reality; actuality; hard fact
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
capacity; volume; capacitance
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
instead; but (on the other hand)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one