arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
imperial court; royal court
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
complete; whole; perfect; safe
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination