one's own handwriting; autograph
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to be needed; to be wanted
one thin flat object; one sheet
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
(not) even once; (not) ever
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
watchful waiting; careful supervision
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
proposal; proposition; suggestion
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to spend time (on doing something)
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint