main cause; primary factor
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
male genitalia; male genital organs; penis
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
petty underling; small fry
to have a long life; to live a long time
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
support; backing; patronage
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)