recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
law; rule; commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
it is not (like that) either
authority; power; influence
without; unless; have to do
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
social; societal; societary
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
reason; cause; circumstances
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
resolution; vote; decision
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
reigning; controlling; dictating
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule