to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to show up; to appear; to turn up
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
greedy; avaricious; covetous
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
indescribable; having no way to express
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
double; twice (as much); twofold
special; particular; peculiar; unique
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
tail (animal); tail end; tip
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
at once; immediately; right now