claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
offender; criminal; culprit
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
I see; that's right; indeed
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to begin talking; to open up
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
(temporary) closure of school
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
second-year student; biennial
annual (plant); first-year student
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just