to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
schedule; program; programme; agenda
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
early (days); initial stage; initial
action; operation; effect; function
change; alteration; modification
government service; the bureaucracy
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
river; stream; River; the ... river
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
100,000,000; one hundred million
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
Spain; Spanish (language)
National Institute of Infectious Diseases; NIID
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency