enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
right beside; close to; nearby
on the occasion of; at the time of
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
that kind; competition; match
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
actor; actress; player; performer
the press; (in the) newspapers
to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
way; method; means; resource; course
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain