in comparison to; rather than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
city planning; urban planning; town planning
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
reason; cause; circumstances
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
thousands; great number of; variety
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
for example; for instance; e.g.
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd