dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; (lit.) one lifetime, one meeting
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to repeat; to do over again
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
besides; in addition; also; moreover
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
script; screenplay; scenario
spontaneity; spontaneous passive
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding