custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
seventh day of the month; seven days
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
each place; various places
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
tradition; legend; folklore
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to drink up; to drain (cup)