to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
administrative district; ward
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
independent state; independent nation
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
elementary education; primary education
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
member nation; member state; signatory
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
at the present time; as of now; at this time
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette