failure; mistake; blunder
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to construct an embankment
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
perfect; complete; flawless
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
national crisis; national disaster
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
something like ...; something called ...
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
submersion; inundation; being flooded
restoration; repair; mending
how many years; how long; what year
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to say; to be pleased to say
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency