to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
unfairness; injustice; partiality
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
preparation; arrangements
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
sweet viburnum (Viburnum odoratissimum); tree-shaped coral formation
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to compel; to force; to oblige
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
number of persons; personnel
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
for personal or private use; opinionated
latest fashion; trend of the times
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
residence; housing; residential building
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated