whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
primary school; elementary school; grade school
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to stare back (at); to glare back
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
rule; reign; government; governing
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
god king; god-king; guardian deity
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
self-consciousness; self-awareness
a few years ago; some years back
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous