power; authority; jurisdiction
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
(crop) damage owing to disease or blight
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to some extent; to a certain extent
retention; maintenance; preservation
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
dominion; territory; possession
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
eighth day of the month; eight days
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to be worn down; to be reduced
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
front; frontage; facade; main