apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
Emperor Kammu; Kammu Tenno (737-806 CE, reigning: 781-806 CE)
people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced continental culture to the Japanese
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
one's person; around one's person
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
waste of time; killing time
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
problematical statement; controversial statement
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
present; current; in operation
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
history of Japan; Japanese history
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on