negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
quibbling; temporizing; temporising
nice; likeable; desirable
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
strikers; workers on strike
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
threat; intimidation; menace
proposal; offer; request; application
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
right in the middle (of); midst; height
talk; conversation; dialogue
scab (i.e. a strikebreaker)
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
civilian defense corps (Japan, 1932-1939)
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
small businessman; petty trader
successor (e.g. organization); new existence after rebirth
to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various