influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
open air; outdoors; outside
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
feudalistic thought or thinking
inside; interior; inner part
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
to govern; to manage; to subdue
society; public; community; social studies
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to overflow from something full
government; administration; statesmanship
minor details; nonessentials
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
progress; advance; improvement; development
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
new and old; incoming and outgoing
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
stupefaction; stupor; unconsciousness; confusion
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to be folded under or inside
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to be worried; to be troubled