last night; yesterday evening
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
one's own child; one's own children
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
ice house; ice room; cold room
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about