large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
successively; one after another
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
family; relatives; dependents; household
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
drama; theatre; theater; play
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
almost every day; almost daily
this world; this life; world of the living
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels