to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to rule; to govern; to administer
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
very; much; greatly; a lot of
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
putting an entire family to death
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
particularly; only; in the case of
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
the deceased; the departed
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
closely-guarded secret; top secret