insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(political) power; authority; influence
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to repeat; to do something over again
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
negotiations; discussions; connection
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
on the occasion of; at the time of
considerably; fairly; quite
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to have one's name entered (in a list)