religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
father and mother; parents
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
strong-willed; strong of heart
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
strictly; severely; rigidly
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
looks; personal appearance; features
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
pride; boast; credit (to)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to be exhausted; to be tired out
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
you could say; you might say; verging on the
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
it's probably so; it stands to reason