to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
divorce; dissolution of adoption
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
motherland; fatherland; native country
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to choke; to have trouble breathing
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
all; entire; whole; altogether
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes