non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
heading; headline; index; headword
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
strange disease; rare disease
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
prevention; precaution; protection against
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
great war; great battle; world war
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
firmly rooted; deep-seated
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
very interesting; of great interest
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
-less; lacking; non-existing
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
even if not; even without
observation; survey; watching
way out; means to escape; escape route
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)