pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
great difference; major mistake
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
next term; next period; next version; next release
planned; scheduled; systematic
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
almost every day; almost daily
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
with a clink (click, clack)
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
every year; yearly; annually
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to run around; to bustle about
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)