to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
marshland; wetland; swampland
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
how much; how many; to what extent
export; exportation; efferent
owner; possessor; holder; carrier
power; authority; jurisdiction
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
feeling; sense; impression
to compete with; to vie for
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)