to claim victims; to leave casualties
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
democratic movement; movement towards democracy
strong opposition; vehement opposition
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
reform; reformation; reorganization
opinion; intention; thought
central government office; head office; this office
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
lodging host; lodging place
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
one's person; around one's person
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
discretion; discretionary power
left side; left-hand side
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
just a minute; small quantity