gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
the right person in the right place
right angle; perpendicular
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
craving; longing; thirsting
to examine someone's expression
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
disinfection; sterile filtration
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
one by one; in detail; minutely
to seek a path; to find one's way
research material; experimental material
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
recognition; acquaintance
special selection; finest pick; top pick