to begin to read; to leaf through a book
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
all present; all concerned; all of us
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
reproachful; hateful; bitter
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
interior; inside; internal
to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
association; union; guild
around the world; throughout the world
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
together with; same; both; all; including ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to throw on the fire; to burn
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation