van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
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)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
had better ...; had better not ...
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
injury; harm; evil influence; damage