especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
failure; mistake; blunder
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
isolation; being alone; being friendless
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
first generation; founder
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
other; another; over; more than; I; me
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)