enactment; establishment; creation
very young; little; childish; immature
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
place; situation; position; location
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
impossible; unlikely; improbable
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
nod; inclination of the head
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to say no more; to sink into silence
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
river; stream; River; the ... river
quantity or volume of water
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
plural; multiple; several
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off