profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
history of Japan; Japanese history
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
such; this sort of; like this
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
exploitation; overuse; abuse
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
until now; so far; up to the present
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
pull; patronage; tug; discount
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
script; screenplay; scenario
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort