to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
drama; play; powerful drug
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
distortion; falsification; perversion
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
(death from) starvation; starving to death
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
such; this sort of; like this
to live through; to survive
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to support each other; to support one another
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
promising; hopeful; full of promise
to withstand; to be able to endure
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)