having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
means; way; method; measure
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
operation; functioning; running
leather pants; leather trousers
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
World Wide Web; WWW; World Weather Watch; WWW
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
match (for lighting a fire)
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead