observation; survey; watching
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
people; men and women; each person; everybody
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
bunch; bundle; cluster; bunch; group; crowd
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
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
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
outbreak of war; starting a war