enactment; establishment; creation
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
large number (of); many; majority
trend of the times; way things are going
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
(political) power; authority; influence
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
connection; link; relationship
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
presence; sitting with; being with
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
being very busy; busyness
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
one day; (on) a certain day
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
small garden; small place
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get