to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
editorial; leading article; leader
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
duty; obligation; responsibility
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
it hasn't been long since
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
equality; impartiality; evenness
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
the reverse; other side; lining
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance