rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
hating; strongly disliking
to steal; to rob; to take away
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
belongings; appendage; accessory
derailment; digression; deviation
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
frog in a well; (fig.) someone with a narrow perspective
party; set; gang; company; person
shellfish; seashell; shell
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
-less; lacking; non-existing
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
with bare hands; with or from nothing
(death from) starvation; starving to death
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to do together; to share; to participate in
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
objection; dissent; protest
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte