world situation; world affairs
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
long ago; previous; of a former age
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
job; work; duties; trade; skill
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
right under; directly below
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
world; society; people; the public
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment