fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
still; as yet; as it has been
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
each; (arch.) you (plural)
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to pound together; to mix together
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)
centre of attention; center of attention
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
late attendance; lateness; tardiness
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
action of making something; -ification
to give by tossing or throwing
to jump at; to be attracted by
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to mix; to blend; to combine
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
as soon as possible; ASAP
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
walking briskly; determinedly
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor