middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
something; some kind of; for some reason
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
development; exploitation
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to set adrift; to let loose; to cut loose
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
ago; since; before; previous
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very