interval; break; pause; spare moment
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
even though; despite; when
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
mechanism; organization; organisation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
making practical; making useful; implementing
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm