to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
economic strength; economic power; economic might
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
to revere; to respect; to worship
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
making efficient; optimization
electricity; (electric) light
meaning; called; named; that says; that
power plant; power station
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
final; eventual; ultimate
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat; to get (a batter) out
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
rapid-fire gun; quick-fire gun; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions