to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
article; news story; report; account
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
expression; presentation; representation; notation
oppression; suppression; pressure
few decades; many decades; several decades
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
such; this sort of; like this
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
one's history of love affairs with women
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
(your) daughter; young woman
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to talk; to chat; to chatter
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)