to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
glue; grue (fictional monster)
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
vulgarization; vulgarisation; secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
unprecedented; record-breaking
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
Soka Gakkai (lay organization, based on Nichiren Buddhism) (organisation)
to vie with one's opponent
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
either way; in any case; one way or another
sickroom; hospital room; ward
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
company president; manager; director
resignation (from a position)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
enterprise; business; company; corporation
economic world; financial circles; business community
lucky adventurer; adventurer who takes advantage of troubled times; soldier of fortune
guess; speculation; supposition
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
field; sphere; realm; division; branch