each nation; many nations; many countries
supporting role (actor); minor role
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
body; group; party; company; troupe
on countless occasions; many a time
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
leader of a delegation (body, party)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
voluminous work; bulky volume; tome; great work; masterpiece; magnum opus
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
completely; absolutely; totally
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
imagination; supposition; guess
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)