careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
enlightenment; great wisdom
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
(social) class; rank; grade
to increase; to add to; to augment
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
reaching; attaining; arrival
confusion; mixing; merger
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
company management; managing a company
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
headquarters; head office; main office
to investigate; to examine
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
scenery; scene; landscape
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building