teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
business results; business performance
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
continuation; succession; series
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
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
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
though; notwithstanding; although
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
long (time that has passed); old (story)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
very much; exceedingly; extremely
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
should; must; -able; probably; likely
Japan's best; number one in Japan
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
large number (of); many; majority
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
highest ever (number of); record-high; most on record
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
overall victory; championship
influence; clout; leverage
(period of) a year; during an era
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...