to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
to go bad (of food); to spoil; to turn sour
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to shake; to waver; to tremble
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
job; work; duties; trade; skill
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
plan B; alternative plan; workaround
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
outsider; layman; amateur
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
mercy; merciful heart; charity
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to be fated; to be linked by fate
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
running in; rushing into; last-minute rush
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover