clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
confections; sweets; candy; cake
day after day; day by day
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
simultaneous; all at once
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
management; administration; operation
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
main cause; primary factor
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to press a question; to cross-examine
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well