to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
living thing; living creature; animal; life
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(divine) providence; dispensation
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
sense of smell; olfaction
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
still; even now; to this day
society; public; community; social studies
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
having said that; on the other hand
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
until now; so far; up to the present
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
assertion; declaration; affirmation
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
major powers of the world; great powers
useless; vain; aimless; idle
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate