to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
(act of) writing on a blackboard
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
truancy; absence without leave
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
belief; faith; conviction
in name only; titular; nominal
spirituality; spiritual nature
reason; grounds; circumstances
to boil down; to condense; to think through to the end; to reduce to essentials
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
apathetic; lackadaisical; indolent; weak; feeble; effeminate
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing