severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
craving for the limelight
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
vice; immorality; corruption
proper; respectable; decent; honest
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to satisfy the requirements
silence; stillness; quietness
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
game brain; dementia caused by overuse of electronic games
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly