arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
whole nation; whole land; whole country
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to sniff out; to get wind of
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
hedge; fence; border; limit
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
to concern; to be related
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to boost; to force up; to push up
talk; recital; narration; topic