secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
strategist; tactician; schemer
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
turning point; transition phase
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
artificial intelligence; AI
artificial intelligence; AI
intelligence; intellect; brains
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
technological singularity; singularity
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
river; stream; River; the ... river
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
natural (physical) environment
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to have a reason; to have an excuse
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups