safe ②certainly ③no thanks ④great man

very ②immense ③serious ④major incident

important ②valuable ③serious matter ④great undertaking ⑤safe

important ②precious ③careful

liking very much

mass meeting ②tournament ③grand event

considerable

huge

biggest

earth

big snake

university ②former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators) ③the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

general ②head ③old chap ④athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

colonel

large quantity

carefully

generally ②nearly all ③gist ④staying within bounds ⑤probably

hating

great

national convention

large ②older ③final ④rough

big ②loud ③extensive ④important

big

landlord

crowd of people ②in great numbers

big

size

exaggerated

Osaka (city, prefecture)

large bird ②peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish) ③fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

wide open sky

loud voice

important person ②big thing

clamor

large

very

landlord

main street (esp. in a capital) ②most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)

rampaging

large part ②people in general ③mostly ④probably

dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)

Atavaka (guardian deity)

sword brimming over with life force

Falun Dafa

big four winds

vice-minister (Meiji period)

dadaiko drum

great-grandfather

twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)

woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

big craze ②widespread contagion

eldest of one's older sisters

adultness

certain reasons

buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at children, e.g. manga)

the Japanese spirit

handling things like an adult

sawdust

Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)

Yamato period (300-550 CE)

Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita) ②Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)

word of Japanese origin

beef boiled with soy sauce, ginger and sugar

Japanese poem

the Japanese spirit

Yamato

Yamato race

the island country of Japan

Japanese text

norito read at a great purification event

adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)

Japanese-style ritual saddle