calamity; disaster; accident
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
legend; folklore; tradition
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
world's first; first in the world
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
equality; impartiality; evenness
after that; afterwards; thereafter
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
beyond that point; after that
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
all you want; as much as one wants
to accept; to receive; to agree
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life