to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
speech; expression; wording; language
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
present continuous tense; present progressive form
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
ago; since; before; previous
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
beforehand; in advance; previously
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
declaration of war; proclamation of war
using as an intermediary; through
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
one-by-one; separately; in detail
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
military forces; hosts; troops
to invite in; to show someone in
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
in name only; titular; nominal
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
sympathy; compassion; pity
use; utilization; utilisation; application
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
villain; baddie; the villain's part
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
study; research; investigation
progress; advance; improvement; development