halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
inn town; post town; post-station town
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
already known; well-known
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
something like ...; something called ...
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite