above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
justification; rationalization
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to pile up; to accumulate
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
denting; buckling; giving (in); bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
calm; composed; cool; quiet