three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
level; standard; water level
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
sphere; circle; range; category
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
communization; communisation
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
plain; plateau; tableland
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
study; library; den; home office; reading room
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors