fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
lately; recently; nowadays
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
disturbance; riot; mayhem
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
person of extraordinary talent; wonder; marvel
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
armed forces; military; troops
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
promising without due consideration
to be able to manage somehow or another
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to establish; to formulate
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour