comprehensive; exhaustive; cyclopedic; encompassing
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
tide; current; tendency; trend
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
twice; again; second time
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
writing; composition; essay; sentence
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
composite; combined; complex
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
related to; in relation to
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
until now; so far; up to the present
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
existence; possession; having; limited company
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
control; management (e.g. of a business)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
real thing; original; actual