cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
silence; stillness; quietness
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
impossible; unlikely; improbable
living thing; living creature; animal; life
at the last moment; this late in the game
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
choosing between two things; two choices
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to be helpful; to be useful
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately