major war; great war; world war
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
movie; film; motion picture
beginning; opening; start; outset
second (unit of time); arc second
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
freshly picked (tomato, apple, etc.)
just-harvested; freshly picked; freshly caught (fish); fresh
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
dubbing; mixing; re-recording; copying (recorded material, esp. from one audio cassette to another); dubbing
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)