prime of life; era of national prosperity
optimism; taking an optimistic view
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
taking care of oneself; self-love
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
wisdom and magnanimity; witty intelligence and large-mindedness; measurement; volume and weight
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
farewell address; parting words
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
permutation; lining up in order; linear arrangement
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
Bulgaria; spirited; rising; sudden; abrupt
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
gallant figure; impressive figure; noble appearance
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)