to rebuild; to reconstruct
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
allocation; assignment; allotment
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
station; office; guardroom
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
this is why; this means; it is the case that
head; chief; boss; leader
chief; main; principal; important
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to prevent; to take precautions
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
cultural assets; cultural property
now that; since; so long as; because
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to raise one's voice; to shout
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
rather; sooner; preferably