self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
this occasion; at this time; now
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
messenger; envoy; emissary
graduation concert (school, etc.); farewell concert for a group or band member
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
action; operation; effect; function
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
another thing; exception; special case
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
recuperation; medical treatment
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to be intimate with; to befriend
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off