to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
supreme leader; ultimate leader
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to revere; to respect; to worship
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
offender; criminal; culprit
to be found; to be discovered
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
site; point on a map; spot
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
solidarity; joint; collective
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
three persons; three parties
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
either way; in any case; one way or another
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
not necessarily so; is not always true