century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
each time it happens; at all such times
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
(made of) stone; stone-built
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
catapult; ballista; mangonel; sling; slingshot
war; fighting; fierce competition
very; much; greatly; a lot of
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
convenient; handy; useful
tool; implement; means; furniture
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
sales promotion; hard selling
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
grandfather; male senior-citizen
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
note (letter) left behind; will
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)