opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
human rights; civil liberties
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
leader; central personage
every place; various places
unconfirmed; unidentified
of course; certainly; naturally
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to master something (through personal experience)
in the same way as; just like
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
prohibition; inhibition; ban
national border; provincial border
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
emigration and immigration
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled