system; institution; organization; organisation
each nation; many nations; many countries
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
in that manner; like that
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to throw open; to leave open
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
unprecedented; never seen before
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
inattention; absent-mindedness
reconciliation; make peace with
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
weekly publication; weekly magazine