beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
obstruction of business; interference with business; interference with someone's duties
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
border (between countries); national border
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
friction; discord; strife
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
priority; order of precedence
source of funds; resources; finances