only; merely; but; no more than
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
100,000; hundred thousand
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be tired of looking at
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
pigment; paint; colour; color
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
successfully; with success
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
not necessarily so; is not always true
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal