foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
one cause; one reason; one factor
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to become fraught with emotion
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
at a young age; while still young
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to concern; to be related
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
Lydia (Iron Age kingdom of Asia Minor)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
speech; expression; wording; language
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to despise; to belittle; to look down on
tide; current; tendency; trend