highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
how long; how far; how much
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to surround; to crowd around
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
guess; conjecture; surmise