signature; signing; sealing
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
successive generations; successive emperors
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
standard; basis; principle
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
euro (currency); Euro-; European
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
calamity; disaster; accident
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
commitment; pledge; promise
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
maintaining the status quo
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
to prostrate oneself (before)
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
alteration; falsification; faking
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face