high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
witnessing; observing; sighting
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
possession; retention; maintenance
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
until now; so far; up to the present
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch