delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
concession; conciliation; compromise
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
welcome party for new students, club members, etc.
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
preference; priority; precedence
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
great wealth; enormous fortune
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
legal office; law office; legal department
settlement; solution; resolution
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
final; eventual; ultimate
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary