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change of course

2

small animal

2

proper; right; reasonable

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

8

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

2

second son

1

starting line; starting point

1

(political) power; authority; influence

5

one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural

1

sense of balance

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

how can (one) do something

4

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

2

appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

1

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

1

outline; survey; compendium

1

supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

12

poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)

1

pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

4

indeed; really; truly; very much

8

theory

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

5

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

2

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

9

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

1

steam engine

2

steel manufacture

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

indispensable; essential

2

science

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

6

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

2

ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)

2

to grow old; to age

4

librarian

3

reading room

2

to age; to grow old

3

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

1

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1