companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
firm; strong; solid; stable
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
job; work; duties; trade; skill
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
trust; confidence; credence
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
firm promise; definite promise
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
here and there; in places
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
representative; exemplary; model
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to be intimate with; to befriend
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
penalty; sentence; punishment
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
transport corps; army service corps
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)