to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
enumeration; citation; listing
number of characters; character count
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; 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; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with
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
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
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
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
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