state of emergency; emergency; crisis
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
questions and answers; dialogue
written estimate; quotation; quote
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
price decline; fall in price
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
having no idea; having no clue
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
call; summons; convening; convocation
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
impossible to do (although wants to)
national ownership; state ownership; government ownership
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
transit trade; entrepôt trade
countries; (various) nations
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
identification; background check; identity confirmation
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
Catholic; Catholicism; Catholic Church
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
possession; occupation; occupancy