preliminary arrangements; spade work
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
defence program; defence plan
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
number of persons; personnel
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to shoot or fire off an arrow
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
reinforcement; strengthening
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
wood (for building); lumber; timber
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
iron (steel) wire; Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)