severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
myself; yourself; I; me; you
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
name; given name; first name
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
both (people); the two of them
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
the other day; some time ago; recently
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
on the occasion of; at the time of
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker