article; news story; report; account
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
looking or acting as if one owned the place
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to be pleased with; to suit
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
throbbing (pain); pounding; stinging
boy; son; baby boy; young man
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily