religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
total energy; all efforts
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
dissolution of the zaibatsu (during the US occupation of Japan)
scattered; separated; dispersed
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
lumping together; putting all together
various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting
very rich person; the super rich
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn