to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
recitation; reciting from memory
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
otherwise; or else; if not
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
suddenly; all of a sudden
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
opposite side; opposition
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
speaking voice; talking voice