memory; sense; experience
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
rubbish heap; garbage dump
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to shut in; to confine; to contain
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
society; public; community; social studies
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
main cause; primary factor
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
third day of the month; three days
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
waxing and waning (of the Moon)
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of