interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
calamity; disaster; accident
maintaining the status quo
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
in this manner; in this way; like this
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated