to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
successful person; success
judgment; judgement; discernment
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
power; authority; jurisdiction
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
reaching; attaining; arrival
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
visual hallucination; vision
perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
a second time; again; once more; twice
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
crescent moon; young moon
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust