anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
active; positive; progressive
pessimism; disappointment
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
science and technology; scientific technique
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
discovery; detection; finding
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
sphere; circle; range; category
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
again; once more; a second time
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
self-purification; self-cleansing