several times (as large, over)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
world domination; global domination
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
underworld; underside of society
if it is (the case that ...)
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
to tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh