historic; historical; traditional
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
restraint; restriction; control; check
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
impossible to do (although wants to)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
electricity; (electric) light
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
lack of knowledge or understanding
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
at that time; in those days
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem