strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
illicit sexual relationship
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
indicate reason; infers some protest
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
elder sister; effeminate man
participatory; participating; hands-on
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
though; notwithstanding; although
father and mother; parents
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
you (plural); all of you; you all
feeling; sense; impression
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
impression; strong belief; conviction
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
being filled with; being full of; permeation
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole