century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
European countries; European nations
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to be helpful; to be useful
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
colonization; colonisation
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to spread; to be propagated
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
sad; wretched; deplorable
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
suspicious-looking; fishy
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
is something that; is that which
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only