obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
(squad of) police; police force
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
freedom; free man; free woman
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to take away; to carry away
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to overflow from something full
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to be smeared; to be covered
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to make an appearance; to show up
to mistake (A for B); to misread