large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
level; standard; water level
in the background; not standing out
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
no matter how much time passes
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
show; exhibition; spectacle
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to shout (in anger); to yell
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
being good-for-nothing; useless person
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct