place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thought; consideration; thinking
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
conviction; belief; confidence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
what kind of; what sort of; what
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
living thing; living creature; animal; life
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
such; like that; that sort of
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
perception; sensing; noticing
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
innumerable; countless; numberless
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly