habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
few decades; many decades; several decades
hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to name; to call; to christen; to term
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
anecdote; brief (comic) story
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
concreteness; feasibility
only; merely; but; no more than
heir; inheritor; successor
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
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
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to grow up; to become an adult
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour