to cut corners; to be shoddy
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
individual; private person; personal; private
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
extreme north; North Pole
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
our country; our land; one's own country
unprecedented; never seen before
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
motherland; fatherland; native country
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Himiko; Himiko (queen of Yamatai)
Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales
festival; feast; carnival
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series