My words

判断

はんだん

divination, judgement, judgment, decision, conclusion, adjudication

重んじる

おもんじる

to respect, to honor, to honour, to esteem, to prize

反映

はんえい

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.), reflecting, influence, application (e.g. of an update)

対照

たいしょう

contrast, antithesis, comparison

呑気

のんき

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless

根拠

こんきょ

basis, foundation, reason

反論

はんろん

objection, refutation, rebuttal

対策

たいさく

measure, provision, step, countermeasure, counterplan, countermove

和らげる

やわらげる

to soften, to moderate, to relieve

排除

はいじょ

exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination, abatement, lifting (sanctions, etc.)

つつある

つつある

(with masu stem) to be doing, to be in the process of doing

睨む

にらむ

to glare at, to scowl at, to glower at, to stare intensely at, to examine carefully, to estimate, to guess, to suspect, to judge, to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person), to watch, to take account of, to take into consideration

深刻

しんこく

serious, severe, grave, acute

半ば

なかば

middle, half, semi, halfway, partly

就く

つく

to ascend (the throne), to accede, to take (seat, position, course, etc.), to assume, to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart, to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice

執着

しゅうちゃく しゅうじゃく しゅうじゃく、しゅうちゃく

attachment, adhesion, tenacity, fixation, obsession

振る舞う

ふるまう

to behave, to conduct oneself, to entertain, to treat someone (to a drink), to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

鎖

くさり

chain, chains, chain

倒産

とうさん

(corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial failure, failed business

負債

ふさい

debt, liabilities, liability, debt

総額

そうがく

sum total, total amount

局面

きょくめん

position in a game of go or shogi, state of the game, aspect of an affair, situation

屋敷

やしき

residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

犯す

おかす

to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake), to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene, to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower

神聖

しんせい

holiness, sacredness, dignity

論争

ろんそう

controversy, dispute

善良

ぜんりょう

goodness, excellence, virtue

温帯

おんたい

temperate zone

装置

そうち そうち、せつび

equipment, installation, apparatus, device

経由

けいゆ けいゆう

through, by way of, via, to go via, to go by way of