Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
sincere; earnest; serious
distortion; falsification; perversion
concealment; suppression; hiding
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
subscription; contribution
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
snatching a moment of rest; seeking temporary ease