to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
apt to think; tend to think
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
acquaintance; close friend
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
old body; aged person; elderly person
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
reason for being; raison d'être
interest; rights; concession
to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon
foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
systematic; organized; organizational
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)