was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
memory; sense; experience
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to put on airs; to assume importance
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
doing whatever one pleases
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
anything and everything; just about everything
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good