charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
chief; main; principal; major
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
the whole world; all lands
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
nod; inclination of the head
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
one's home country; one's homeland
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
document; official papers
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to catch the eye; to attract attention
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
looking away; looking aside
troublesome; pain in the butt
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to be worn down; to be reduced
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to pick up; to find; to gather
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to apologize; to apologise
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject