present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to live; to make a living; to get on with
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
how long; how far; how much
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
planning; project; plan; design
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
authority; power; influence
hello; good day; good afternoon
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
library; book collection; paperback book
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
dancing or jumping for joy
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about