given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
enumeration; citation; listing
gross national product; GNP
gross national product; GNP
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
West Germany (1949-1990); Federal Republic of Germany
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
strike (i.e. industrial action)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
deserted village; poor village
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy