talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
original author (of a work)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
hospitalization; hospitalisation
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)