to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
regional power; powerful nation within region
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
foreign capital group; foreign company
consultation; consulting; consul
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
breadth of mind; generosity; magnanimity
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)