standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to look down on; to condescend
genuine article; real thing; real deal
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
society; company; the public; the world
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
that's the way it is; such is life
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
full of strength; haughty; pompous
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
emperor (of Japan); mikado
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect