whole nation; whole land; whole country
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
suddenly; all of a sudden
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)