employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
while; even though; despite
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
in succession; one by one
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
one day; (on) a certain day
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
underground; subterranean
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
power; might; authority; influence
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba