bad influence; negative influence
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
web edition; online edition
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
template; run of the mill; formulaic
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
adult (film, etc.); pornographic; X-rated
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
depiction; description; portrayal
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
opinion; intention; thought
ingredient; component; composition
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
delay; putting off; procrastination
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
within the family; in the home; domestic
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
physiology; one's period; menstruation