mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
duty; obligation; responsibility
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
progress; advance; improvement; development
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to become possible; to become able to (do)
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
going through; going via; going by way of
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
in the morning; during the morning
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
main; principal; chief; primary; major
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development