chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
town; city; municipal; urban
wandering; rambling; roaming
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
tone (of voice); manner of talking
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
internal organ; viscera; gut
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
yearning; longing for; deep affection
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
such; like that; that sort of; very
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to compete with; to vie for
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
proposal; proposition; suggestion
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
woman; female; feminine gender
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
difficult to ...; hard to ...