stimulating; exciting; provocative
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
study; research; investigation
materials; data; document
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
death from disease; death from illness
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
influence; clout; leverage
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
pointing out; identification
to come from; to have roots in
public agency; public institution
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
strong interaction; strong force
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
to revere; to respect; to worship
upper reaches of a river; upstream
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
general; popular; common; typical
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship