artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
official announcement; proclamation
inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; imprecise
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to say; to tell; to state; to do
thousands; several thousand
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to spread; to be propagated
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
predation; eating prey; preying upon
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to be worried; to be troubled
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness