jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Franz; Franc; Francis; Frantz
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
having said that; on the other hand
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be needed; to be wanted
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)