first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
position; location; base; point; site
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
each nation; many nations; many countries
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
birth; creation; formation
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
at that time; in those days
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
contradiction; inconsistency
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
various countries; various regions; various provinces
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to backfire; to have a harmful result
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute