prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
primary significance; primary importance; first principle; absolute truth; ultimate truth
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
person being waited for; person who waits
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
madder red; dark red; crimson
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
leader; authority; mainstay
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to enrich; to make wealthy
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
himself; yourself; herself
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
reigning; controlling; dictating
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)