east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
greeting; a fine thing to say
sales promotion; hard selling
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
movie set; filming location
please (give me); please (do for me)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly