securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
to win and advance to the next round
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
colonization; colonisation
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
rule; reign; government; governing
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
power balance; balance of power
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
something; some kind of; for some reason
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
form; shape; figure; visage
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
admiration; being impressed (by)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry