deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
situation; state of things; current affairs
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
critic; reviewer; commentator
research thesis; treatise
drama; play; Chinese opera
commentary on current events
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to go through formalities
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
concrete; material; definite
lying concealed; being hidden
otherwise; if not; or else
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to make characteristic; to characterize
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to degenerate; to lapse into
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
meditation; contemplation