culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
middle of the night; dead of night
press; print shop; printing office
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
until now; so far; up to the present
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
absence; disregard; indifference
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
control; management (e.g. of a business)
leaving everything to someone else
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
originally; by nature; from the start
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common