considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
mistress; lover; prostitute
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
and yet; though; when; in spite of
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
by myself; in person; by oneself
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
Baikal; Baykal; Ozero Baikal (lake)