bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
very; greatly; exceedingly
Buddhist memorial service
attendance; presence; appearance
every person; every mouth; every entrance
ripple (on water); wavelets
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
so-and-so; who?; which people?
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
interest; rights; concession
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
training; practice; practising; cultivation
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
locality; local area; limited area
war; battle; match; game; competition
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
preliminary arrangements; spade work
chorus; singing in a chorus
retainer; vassal; servant
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
of course; certainly; naturally
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)