to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
latter half of one's life
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
double; twice (as much); twofold
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
difference; discrepancy; variation
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
about when; about what time; how soon
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
the reason is that ...; because
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
naturalization; naturalisation
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive