restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to subsist; to keep on living
absence; disregard; indifference
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
contemplation; meditation
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
hostility; antagonism; opposition
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
large number (of); many; majority
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
otherwise; or else; if not
that is to say; so that means
living thing; organism; creature; biology
reinforcement; strengthening
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before