public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
devoted; self-sacrificing
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
family; relatives; dependents; household
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
motive power; driving force
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence