position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
jumping to a hasty conclusion
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to digress; to stray from the subject; to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
trend; tendency; momentum
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression
newly appointed; inaugural
how long; how much; to what extent
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
headquarters; general staff