modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
name; given name; first name
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
that is to say; so that means
many; much; plenty; hardly
those (near the second person)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
by means of; due to; because of; according to
power; might; authority; influence
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
cut; reduction; curtailment
change; transformation; inversion
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top