adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
forbidden technique; forbidden magic; taboo art
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
derivation; development; offshoot
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
official announcement; proclamation
going upstream; sailing against the current
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
alteration; falsification; faking
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
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)
family; relatives; dependents; household
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
to be led by; to be headed by
thousands; several thousand
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)