war; fighting; fierce competition
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
on the occasion of; at the time of
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to put on airs; to assume importance
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
ongoing; in progress; afoot
serious; severe; grave; acute
hashtag (e.g. on Twitter)
lacking a plan; haphazard
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
delivery of books; presentation copy
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie