left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
mass communication; mass media
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
another; different; something else
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
use; utilization; utilisation; application
by myself; in person; by oneself
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
(not so) much; (not) very
for example; for instance; e.g.
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
innumerable; countless; numberless
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
loveable; very likeable; like very much
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
only recently; just of late