if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to come from; to have roots in
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
leader; guide; mentor; coach
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
primitive community; primitive (communist) society
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
same kind (race); homogeneousness
innocent; not guilty; harmless
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
innermost depths of one's heart
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)