riches; wealth; resources; lottery
(political) power; authority; influence
honor; honour; credit; prestige
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to repeat; to be frequent
war; fighting; fierce competition
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
equality; impartiality; evenness
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
another kind; distinct species; variety
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
pair; the two; both persons; both things
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
general; popular; common; typical
Apology; The Apology of Socrates (as recorded by Plato)
comparatively; relatively
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
image; figure; figure; form; image