to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
arrangement; pact; agreement
rest; break; recess; intermission
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to clamber (up); to scale
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
aging; wearing out; deterioration
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
stimulating; exciting; provocative
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
adverse circumstances; adversity
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
unprecedented; record-breaking
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
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)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy