lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to understand from experience
early post war period; immediately after the war
to take command; to give direction
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
(electric) torch; flashlight
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
group; party; team; squad; section
religious organization; religious organisation
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
climbing rope (for mountaineering)
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
successive generations; successive emperors
to walk in on; to tread upon
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
killing two birds with one stone
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
to fall into ruin; to be desolated