statue; picture; picture revealing character
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
pro-Japanese group; Japanophiles
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
abstruse; occult; mysterious
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
adventure story; novel of adventure
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
raison d'être; reason for being; reason for someone or something's existence
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly