serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
self-righteousness; self-justified
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
explanation; interpretation
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
snake; serpent; large snake
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
to degenerate; to lapse into
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
preface; introduction; preamble
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain