group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
naturalized plant; naturalised plant
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
parting; separation; farewell
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
impudent; shameless; brazen
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
long ago; once upon a time
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
instead; but (on the other hand)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)