condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
influenced (by); under an influence
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to stick it out (until the end)
skill; dexterity; proficiency
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
arm; skill; efforts; ability
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to die out; to become extinct
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
ultimate; final; last; eventual