to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
late autumn (fall); ninth month of the lunar calendar
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
most part; greater part; majority
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
health; healthy; sound; fit
to need; to require; to take; to demand
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
plants and animals; flora and fauna
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to begin; to set about; to start
one-by-one; separately; in detail
classification; categorization; sorting
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade