impact of publicity or propaganda
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
income; receipts; revenue
employment (long term); hire
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
number of persons; personnel
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to be at a loss for words
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
a matter of life and death
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill