extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
beyond one's means or position
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
attacking party; punitive force; pursuers
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
declaration of independence
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
secret; private; surreptitious
Vietminh (Vietnamese Independence League organized to obtain freedom from French colonial rule)
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
how long; how far; how much