to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to lend an ear to; to listen to
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
infancy; childhood; tender age
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
secret art; the mysteries
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
mistress; kept woman; concubine
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(social) position; status
property; fortune; assets
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to complain about one's hard lot
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
almost every day; almost daily
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal