to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
founder; originator; pioneer
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
every year; yearly; annually
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
demotion; relegation; downgrading
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
in respect of; in regards to; as for
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
leader; guide; mentor; coach
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
quarrel; dispute; argument
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it