ostensible (surface) reason
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to differ; to vary; to disagree
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
independent state; independent nation
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
superiority; predominance
military force; military strength
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
in accordance with; according to
quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
dozens; scores of; decades
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
founder; originator; pioneer
presumption; assumption; estimation
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
upper half of the body; upper body