imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
to be splendid; to be superb
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
good; goodness; right; virtue
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
living thing; organism; creature; biology
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
mutual relationship; interrelationship; interaction
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
depression; recession; slump
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
prosperous conditions; healthy economy
upturn; increment phase; rise period
prediction; prophecy; prognostication