strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
difference; disparity; gap
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
to fight with swords; to cross swords
as discussed previously; as mentioned above
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to be conspicuous; to stand out
those (near the second person)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
dissection; autopsy; analysis
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
property; fortune; assets
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
popularization; popularisation
in this manner; in this way; like this
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
possession; occupation; occupancy
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
recitation; reciting from memory
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
quotation; citation; reference
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to order; to command; to appoint