improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
conference room; council room
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
social gathering; informal get-together; colloquium; panel discussion
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
state of a country (population, resources, etc.); condition of a country; strength of a country
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
proposal; motion; recommendation
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
current administration; present government
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
after a long time; for the first time in a while