mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
commencing with; including
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
abstractness; abstraction
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
3000; three thousand; many
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
power; might; authority; influence
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
simply; merely; only; solely
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
cabinet (of a government); ministry
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
these days; nowadays; recently
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
center; centre; metropolis
leaning to the left; leftist tendency; becoming radical
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment