large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
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
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
drama; theatre; theater; play
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
(enter into, be in) a state of war
to make an appeal; to urge
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
recovery; rescue; recapture
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to applaud; to cheer (for)
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to throw into; to toss into
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting