downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
someone (something) not to be trifled with
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to surround; to crowd around
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
Virgo (constellation); the Virgin
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst