to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
suited figure; person in a suit
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
former (incumbent); predecessor
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office; TECO
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
resolute; determined; bold
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
number of persons; personnel
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to subsist; to keep on living
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
certainly; surely; definitely
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
each individual; each person
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
profiting while others fight; (lit.) fisherman's profit
to glare at each other; to confront each other
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
firm promise; definite promise
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step