gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
of course; certainly; naturally
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
until now; so far; up to the present
like; similar to; same as
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)