medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
administration (of medicine)
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to concern; to be related
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
prohibition; inhibition; ban
foreign; abroad; overseas
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
how; in what way; how about; questionable
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
required subject; compulsory course
technique; art; skill; move
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
devoted; self-sacrificing
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
judo practitioner; judoka
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
memories; recollections; reminiscence
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
cruelty; hard-heartedness
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
government worker; public servant; civil servant
older brother; elder brother
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice