replay speed; playback speed; refresh rate
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
civilized nation; civilised nation
that is to say; so that means
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
concealment; suppression; hiding
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
secret; private; surreptitious
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
those (near the second person)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
Richard; Richards; Richart; Ritchard
American of Japanese descent
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to mix; to stir; to blend