loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
selection; choice; option
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
advanced level; high grade; senior
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
novel; original; new; innovative
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to surround; to crowd around
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
weave; weaving; woven item
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric