to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
leader of a delegation (body, party)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
in one's own way or style
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
beginning; outset; first; onset
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
that is to say; so that means
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher