the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
minimum; at the very least
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
management; administration; operation
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
such; like that; in that way
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
party-internal; within the party
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
if it is (the case that ...)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
around the world; throughout the world
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to make (a thundering sound); to let resound; to make (one's name, etc.) widely known; to make (one's heart) pound; to throb