sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
body; group; party; company; troupe
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
individual differences; personal equation
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to put one's strength into
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
fund-raising; collection of funds
dull sound; muffled sound
pretension; conceit; hubris
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)