normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
such; like that; that sort of
very small; tiny; insignificant
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
rather; better; instead; if anything
particularly; only; in the case of
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
that is to say; so that means
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
genius; prodigy; natural gift
how; in what way; by what means
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
Seven Warring States (of China); Seven Kingdoms
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
difference; variation; difference
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
territory; domain; dominion; possession
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
switch (long, slender shoot of a tree); switch (cane used for flogging)
Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy