investment; contribution; financing
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
middle period; medium-term
white paper (government report)
technological development
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
safe; vault; storage cabinet
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
unopened; with an unbroken seal
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side