fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
dishonouring (a bill); dishonoring; bouncing (a cheque, check); non-payment
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
in the meanwhile; during the time
future (usually near); prospects
maintenance; preservation; improvement
vast; limitless; boundless
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
great cause; moral law; justice
warring nations; belligerents
that is to say; so that means
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
in one's own way or style
international politics; world politics
(not so) much; (not) very
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row