(religious) piety; faith; devotion
(religious) faith; belief; creed
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
ordinary citizen; the general public
without; but if; otherwise; or else
quick to seize an opportunity
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
beyond that point; after that
stairs; stairway; staircase
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze