open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
occupation; calling; livelihood
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
many problems; various problems
two parts; two copies; the second part
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
to look away; to avert one's eyes
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
religious organization; religious organisation
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
Buddhist (household) altar
trade; buying and selling
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
casualties; the killed and wounded
to trample; to crush underfoot
strongest ever; most powerful in history
vulgarization; vulgarisation; secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
tenth day of the month; ten days
limited; limiting; restrictive
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage