meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
it hasn't been long since
to be found; to be discovered
pending question; unresolved problem
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
at a moment's notice; readily
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
when it becomes; when it comes to
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to rank with; to rank among
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings