my; one's own; I ...; one ...
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
world-class; (of) high global reputation
to emboss; to carve in relief; to finish carving; to finish engraving
high spirits; gleeful mood
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
annotation; explanatory note; comment
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
extremely high speed; super speed
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
right (to do something); authority; power
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
distinction; discrimination
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill