in history; ever; historical
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
genius; prodigy; natural gift
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
conviction; belief; confidence
region; limits; stage; level
reaching; attaining; arrival
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
myself; yourself; I; me; you
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think