on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
sincere; honest; faithful
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
generation; lifetime; age
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
society; the world; the times
countries; (various) nations
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
participation; joining; entry
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
tide; current; tendency; trend
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion