describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to be dispersed; to get separated
one's principles and position
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons
together; mutually; fellow
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
resolution; vote; decision
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
representative; exemplary; model
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
comical pair; pair of buffoons
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to lose one's way; to get lost
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself