one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
election; selection; choice
parliamentarian; member of a congress
Kawakami Gen'ichi (1912.1.30-2002.5.25)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
the authorities concerned; the competent authorities
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
upper reaches of a river; upstream
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
hard to get; hard to come by
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to summon courage; to be brave
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
again and again; repeatedly
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
technique; art; skill; move
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
connections; contacts; influence
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also