skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
financial difficulty; distress
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
river; stream; River; the ... river
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
Hamah (Syria); Hamer; Hammer
clerk; office worker; office staff
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
pre-war days; before the war
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
transport; transportation
company management; managing a company
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
leader; central personage
information bureau; intelligence department
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
foreigner; alien; stranger
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
former years; formerly; a few years ago
important documents; important papers
to spit out; to eject; to dump