colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
portrait; likeness; picture
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
table of contents; contents
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
research; study; investigation
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
regret; repentance; remorse
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
much less; to say nothing of
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
the same generation; coeval
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)