to work (for);  to be employed (at);  to serve (as);  to act (as);  to conduct a religious service
 time;  hour;  occasion;  case;  chance;  opportunity
 to permit;  to allow;  to forgive;  to pardon;  to exempt (someone) from;  to remit;  to acknowledge
 travel;  trip;  journey;  excursion;  tour
 medium;  average;  moderation;  middle school;  China;  volume two (of three);  during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
 residence;  stay;  (job) posting;  residential police box;  residential police box officer
 to meet;  to meet up;  to rendezvous;  to join (of roads, rivers, etc.);  to flow together
 together;  jointly;  at the same time;  with;  both
 inspection;  study by observation;  field trip;  sitting out (e.g. PE class)
 armoring;  armouring;  armor;  armour
 gun;  cannon;  artillery;  ordnance
 gate;  branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master;  division;  phylum;  counter for cannons
 rapid-fire gun or cannon;  talking rapidly;  barrage of words or questions
 First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
 to end;  to come to an end;  to close;  to finish
 behind;  rear;  after;  later;  remainder;  the rest;  more (e.g. five more minutes)
 opposition;  rivalry;  competition;  antagonism
 expansion;  extension;  enlargement;  escape;  ESC
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 of course;  certainly;  naturally
 to make;  to produce;  to prepare (food);  to brew (alcohol);  to raise;  to grow;  to till
 nonexistent;  not being (there);  unowned;  not had;  unique;  not;  impossible
 rate;  ratio;  profit;  assignment;  10%;  unit of ten percent;  match
 until (a time);  till;  to (a place or person);  as far as;  to (an extent);  up to
 order (for an item);  request;  demand;  condition
 huge;  vast;  enormous;  swelling;  expansion
 amount of money;  sum of money
 to ascend;  to go up;  to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun);  to rise;  to go to (the capital);  to be promoted;  to add up to
 Japanese person;  Japanese people
 to say;  to utter;  to name;  to call;  to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping");  to make a noise
 without eating or drinking
 as one would expect;  just as you'd expect (from);  still;  all the same;  even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
 large;  big;  great;  prominent;  -sized;  as big as;  university