activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
public welfare; the people's livelihood
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
amount of material resources
to some extent; to a certain extent
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
ending up right back where one started
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
function; facility; faculty; feature
fate; destiny; predestination
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
proposal; offer; request; application
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to need; to call for; to require
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
interruption; interference; butting in
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that