spirituality; spiritual nature
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
influence; effect; impact
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
usually; under usual circumstances
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before