being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to live through; to survive
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
intelligence agency; secret service
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
whatever the case; under any circumstances
political measures; policy
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
interference; intervention; meddling
if it is the case that ...
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
largest ever; biggest; record
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
world history; international history
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
three; three years of age
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate