hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
(political) power; authority; influence
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(social) position; status
while; even though; despite
whole story; full picture; full particulars
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
recitation; reciting from memory
way of speaking; intimation
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
alternative means (alternate); alternative method
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
(not) a single person; (no) one
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
within; inside of; less than
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
declaration of war; proclamation of war
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
articles made out of paper (by hand); paperware
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on