one's later years; final years (in life)
absorption; suction; attraction
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
God; god; ace; king; superior person
Okada Keisuke (1868.2.13-1952.10.10)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
sovereign; ruler; head of state
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting
edict; ordinance; proclamation
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
everything; anything; nothing
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
central part; heart (of a city)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)