dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to keep away; to keep at a distance
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
joint struggle; common (united) front
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to have an idea; to have a clue
finish; finishing; finishing touches
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
worst-ever; history's worst
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
conspiracy; collusion; complicity