ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
engineering firm; contractor
hustle; working hard; doing with enthusiasm; showing eagerness; being full of vigour
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me