serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
mistress; kept woman; concubine
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to think of; to come up with
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
general mobilization; general mobilisation
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
the other day; a few days ago
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
powerful person; influential person
reigning; controlling; dictating
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
close; intimate; on good terms
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful