time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
directionality; directivity
violent explosion; bursting
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
in one's own way or style
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
hostility; animosity; enmity
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
with these words; while saying
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
identification papers; ID
government office; public office
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
item; something that one "just has to have"
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to stiffen; to become stiff
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
surname; family name; last name
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
wealthy person; millionaire