to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
(writ of) summons; subpoena; citation
thick hide; shamelessness
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
influential person; man of importance
educational capability; education skills; educational power
to become settled; to be fixed
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
discretion; judgement; judgment
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; build
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
fortress; stronghold; citadel
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
the ancients; ancient people
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the