seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
surely (not); certainly (not)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
progress; advance; improvement; development
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to apologize; to apologise
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
war; fighting; fierce competition
alone; by oneself; on one's own
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty