regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
sincerity; true heart; devotion
admiration; wonder; astonishment
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
group; bunch; crowd; group
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
to stiffen; to become stiff
to move forward; to move on
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
impassioned speech; fervent speech
people; men and women; each person; everybody
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
aging society; ageing society
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
medical science; medicine
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life