plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
comfort; consolation; diversion
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
multilateral; multinational
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
favorite; favourite; habitually used
automatic; intransitive verb
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
base (military, expedition, etc.)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
ID card; identification card
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
entrance; admission; entering
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth