ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
preconception; prejudice; preoccupation
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
two persons; two people; pair; couple
experiential; empirical; experimental
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
the people; citizens; the populace
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
standpoint; position; viewpoint; footing; starting point; basis (e.g. of an argument)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
start; beginning; first step; clue