historical; traditional; historic
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
as (for); for; in the capacity of
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
society; public; community; social studies
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
reality; actuality; hard fact
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
at that time; in those days
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
thought; consideration; thinking
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
postwar period; period after Second World War
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
in succession; one by one
to be born; to come into the world
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much