plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
considerably; fairly; quite
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
done; just done; just finished
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
victim; injured party; sufferer
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM
Lawrence; Laurence; Laurens
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
tenth day of the month; ten days
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
almost; roughly; approximately
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
when it becomes; when it comes to
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
military personnel; soldier
not yet known; unknown; strange
expression; presentation; representation; notation
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
parts; accessories; components
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha