claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
correction; revision; amendment
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
besides; in addition; also; moreover
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
good person; virtuous person
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
vice; immorality; corruption
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
(present) head of a family
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)