innumerable; countless; numberless
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
don't you think?; indicates question
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to pass (of time); to elapse
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to have a talk; to tell a story
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch