duty; function; office; mission; task; role
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
dirty work; unpleasant task
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
all present; all concerned; all of us
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to order; to command; to appoint
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
battlefield; battleground
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
detonation velocity; velocity of detonation; VOD; extreme speed; explosive speed
in succession; one by one
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
without eating or drinking
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation