to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
should; must; -able; probably; likely
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
please (give me); please (do for me)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
of course; certainly; naturally
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
in person; personally; directly
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
question; inquiry; enquiry
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out