highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
oppression; suppression; pressure
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
clergyman; churchman; clergy
material civilization; material civilisation
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
war; fighting; fierce competition
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
spiritual life; inner life; mental life
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
foreign element; impurity; admixture
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
time; season; period; phase; stage
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to