handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(political) power; authority; influence
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
financial world; business circles
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
direct control; direct supervision
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
refining; purification; careful manufacture
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
cherish the memory of; yearn for
in the end; at the end of the day
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture