weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
image; figure; figure; form; image
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
domestic affairs; internal administration
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
point in question (at issue)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
here and there; in places
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
government service; the bureaucracy
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
motherland; fatherland; native country
extermination; expulsion; destruction
thorough; exhaustive; complete
until now; so far; up to the present
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to be worried; to be troubled
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
powerful army; strengthening of the military
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master