meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
intention; idea; inclination; wish
world situation; world affairs
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
nothing but; none other than
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
supporter; sponsor; patron; backer
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to disperse; to take a castle
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
oppression; suppression; pressure
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to devour; to bite to death
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
flight; desertion; escape
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to put into effect; to put into practice
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging