cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
change; transition; vicissitudes
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
history of; experience of
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
one's home country; one's homeland
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
rule; reign; peaceful times
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
interior; inside; internal
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
materials; data; document