very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
main question; real issue at hand
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
birth; creation; formation
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
nothing but; none other than
reigning; controlling; dictating
parthenogenesis; virgin birth
next generation; future generation
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
critical (condition); serious
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
connection; link; relationship
direct descent; direct line
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
small number; few; minority
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
error; mistake; slip; bug