grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
though; even if; whether ... or ...
sincere; earnest; serious
next term; next period; next version; next release
dragon god; dragon king; naga
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
to revere; to respect; to worship
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
later on; eventually; afterwards
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to put one's heart (into); to apply oneself (to); to devote oneself (to); to take an interest (in)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly