medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
large number (of); many; majority
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
already; now; no longer; not any more
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
while; during; while; although; all; both
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to express (in words); to confess
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
it is not (like that) either