presentation (e.g. of a gift)
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
troublesome; annoying; complicated
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
nausea; sickness in the stomach
horror film; horror movie
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
loser; defeated person; the defeated
situation; developments; outcome
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
good God; good deities; true teachings of Buddha
badness; evilness; bad; evil