discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
ratification; confirmation
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
a cut above; one step above
to talk; to carry meaning
to bring; to take; to bring about
to finger; to tamper (with)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
no matter how much time passes
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to get between; to be caught in
to throw into; to toss into
international agreement; accord
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
advantage or disadvantage
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
equality; impartiality; evenness
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore