opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
in comparison to; rather than
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
individual; one by one; separate; each
power; might; authority; influence
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
classification; categorization; sorting
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
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
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be surprised; to be astonished