for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
royal capital; imperial capital
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
historical; traditional; historic
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
school; proofreading; proof
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy