home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
how; in what way; by what means
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
while; during; while; although; all; both
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
absence; disregard; indifference
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to play a central role; to take a leading part
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
order of chivalry; chivalric order
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward