number of characters; number of letters; word count
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
daytime television serial; soap opera
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
planning stage; planning stages
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
fertile; rich; productive
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
even more; still more; further
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
irrational (line of) argument
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness