pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
(religious) faith; belief; creed
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
simple honesty; tactless frankness
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
personal grudge; personal enmity
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
the same rank; equality; apposition
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
deviation; departure; omission
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
all people; the whole nation
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
to shoot a person to death
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
becoming dull; slowing down