to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
silence; stillness; quietness
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
chapter one; first chapter
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
The Chronicles (books of the Bible)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
very important person; VIP
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
regular customer; general audience; general public
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
front entrance; front door
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
should; must; -able; probably; likely
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to face; to go towards; to head towards
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
day and night; around the clock
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
seeing off and meeting on return
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
industrialist; entrepreneur
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)