carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
ancestor; forefather; foremother
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
that is to say; so that means
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
like this; this sort; this way
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
difficult to ...; hard to ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant