to prevent; to take precautions
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
penalty; sentence; punishment
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
urgency; exigency; emergency
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
change of occupation; career change
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
selection; choice; option
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(religious) faith; belief; creed
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but