god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to state; to express; to mention
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
name; given name; first name
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
only; merely; but; no more than
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
cake served with tea; teacake
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit