materials; data; document
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
illustration (e.g. book); picture
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
atelier; studio; workshop
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine