beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
invitation; introduction; temptation
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
progress; advance; improvement; development
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to serve; to work for; to attend
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting