major incident; major happening; big scandal
in great amount; considerably; substantially; quite
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
severe punishment; rigorous measures
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
preface; introduction; preamble
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
our country; our land; one's own country
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
colonization; colonisation
Spanish Armada; invincible armada
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
time; season; period; phase; stage
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
globalization; globalisation
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
though one didn't intend (expect) to
sprouting; budding; young shoot; moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters)
responsibility; duty; obligation
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
very much; very many; more and more
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting