hostility; animosity; enmity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to have a meal; to take a meal
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to rule; to govern; to administer
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
a few years ago; some years back
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to Google; to search for information on the WWW
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
sales; selling; marketing
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest