reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
foreign; abroad; overseas
actor; actress; player; performer
to need; to call for; to require
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535)
on the occasion of; at the time of
arriving in Japan; visiting Japan
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
dominion; territory; possession
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
when it becomes; when it comes to
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
dining table; a dish (type of food)
Indian cuisine; Indian cooking; Indian food
men and women; the whole town
competing; competition; auction
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
terra-cotta figure (in Qin dynasty tombs in China)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
capable; able; talented; promising
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb