death from disease; death from illness
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
cares; ill feeling; reserve
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
jumping about; rampancy; domination
high class; esteemed; cherished
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to accord someone every courtesy
pending question; unresolved problem
to watch intently; to stare
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
story; tale; talk; discussion
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
contrastive; contrasting; contradistinctive
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
United Nations (UN) Headquarters
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
(political) administration; political power
Heike family; Taira family
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to leave as it is; to defer
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
political intervention; political interference; political meddling
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)