predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
contradiction; inconsistency
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
gang assault; mob violence; gang rape
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
image of (an ideal) person
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to collapse into; to flop onto
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
to become desperate; to give in to despair
acceleration; speeding up
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
any more; any further; any better; any longer
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
juvenile delinquents roaming about the city in groups
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)