check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
starvation; famine; hunger
nothing but; none other than
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
the whole nation; all the people in the land
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to take someone's life; to kill someone
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
curse; spell; malediction
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
in name only; titular; nominal
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to manage a state; to govern a country
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...