substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
in name only; titular; nominal
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
confusing set-up; puzzling method
(excessively) easy video game; easy-to-beat game; something easy to do; something that presents no challenge; trivial thing
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
to make a speech; to address
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
drama; play; powerful drug
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to correct oneself; to restate
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
going back to sleep; sleeping in
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
free time; spare time; idle moment