unprecedented; record-breaking
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
strong nation; powerful country
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
many; numerous; various; large number of
financial products; financial instruments
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
double-entry (e.g. bookkeeping)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
considerably; fairly; quite
posterity; future generations
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
after that; afterwards; thereafter
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom