explanation; interpretation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to ask a question; to ask questions
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to do together; to share; to participate in
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
at once; immediately; right now
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
hegemony; leadership; initiative
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
secretariat; executive office
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
clerk; office worker; office staff
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
conference room; council room
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
armed might; military power; the sword; force
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
governments of various nations of the world
letter; note; epistle; correspondence