(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
individual; private person; personal; private
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
instability; insecurity; crankiness
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
planning; project; plan; design
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
personal; individual; private
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
talk; recital; narration; topic
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
don't you think?; indicates question
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to have an idea; to have a clue
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to