maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
possession; retention; maintenance
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
arrest; apprehension; capture
treatment (of a person); dealing with
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
the same kind; accomplice; partner
manners; courtesy; etiquette
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
while; even though; despite
deep emotion; strong feelings
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
how long; how much; to what extent
time; hour; period; class
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
establishment; settlement
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
originally; by nature; from the start
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
oppression; suppression; pressure