to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
(social) position; status
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
one person; another name; nickname; alias
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for