thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to dis; to diss; to disrespect
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
final part; last bit; end
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
national border; provincial border
race (of people); type of person
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
composition; setting (of music)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
predecessor; people of former times
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect
one grade; first-class; primary
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
national certification; national qualification; government certification