level ground; horizon; field of view
dark clouds; black clouds
to tighten; to press hard
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
Minister of the Imperial Household
attorney general; attorney-general
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to refuse; to decline; to deny
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
unknown; obscure; insignificant
chief; leading; important; prominent
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
number of persons; personnel
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
seventh day of the month; seven days
much less; to say nothing of
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"