junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
transcendence; excellence; superiority
simple is best; less is more
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
neighbourhood; neighborhood
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
science and technology; scientific technique
individual; private person; personal; private
confections; sweets; candy; cake
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to be needed; to be wanted
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
general; popular; common; typical
confusion; mixing; merger
to differ; to vary; to disagree
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
the same kind; accomplice; partner
various countries; various regions; various provinces
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to