clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
food and drink; eating and drinking
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
outside world; physical world
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
retention; maintenance; preservation
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal
domestic issue; internal affair
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
and so; therefore; for that reason
loser; defeated person; the defeated
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
misleading (someone); manipulation (e.g. of public opinion)
unique; peculiar; singular
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to violate the border; to invade the frontier district
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to subsist; to keep on living
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
banning of books; banned book
supreme; greatest; highest; best
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness