slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
private person; individual
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to become fraught with emotion
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
protecting (someone); defending; standing up for
sense of values; values; value system
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
expression; look; countenance; face
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
silence; stillness; quietness
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
close to the wall; alongside the wall
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war