to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
functioning of society; functions of society
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
unity of church and state; theocracy
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
center; centre; metropolis
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
establishment; settlement
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
yoke; constraints; oppression
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
past misdeed; past error; past folly; past sin
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person