to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
conviction; belief; confidence
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
many; much; plenty; hardly
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
dozens; scores of; decades
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
interference; intervention; meddling
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
beauty of style; beauty of form
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback