maintenance; preservation; improvement
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
around the world; throughout the world
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
in the same way as; just like
to maintain; to continue to have
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
transactions; dealings; business
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
belief; faith; conviction
humanism; love for humanity
based on; on the basis of
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack