acceleration; speeding up
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
temporary; provisional; interim
popular will; will of the people
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
fast moving; fast running; fast sailing
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
throwaway; disposable; single-use
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
hard struggle; strenuous effort
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
noisy; confused; uproarious
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)