quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
control; management (e.g. of a business)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
at that time; in those days
at a young age; while still young
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
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
real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)
going to and fro; back and forth
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
ultimate; final; last; eventual
personality; character; individuality; personhood
even if; even though; however; no matter how
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
how; in what way; by what means
to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful