to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
accession to the throne; enthronement
after the end (of something); post-
night view; night skyline; nightscape
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
strategist; tactician; schemer
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
interception (email); wiretap; bug
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
great emperor; ... the Great
how; in what way; in what manner
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
that country; (arch.) nirvana
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice