collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
estimate (of costs); budget
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
cut; reduction; curtailment
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
wherein; therein; thereinto
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to bring; to take; to bring about
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
demotion; relegation; downgrading
(social) class; rank; grade
special promotion (in rank or grade)
promotion; raising of status
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to forget to say; to forget to mention
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
the front (of a battlefield); forefront