to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
the lower classes; the common people
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
witnessing; observing; sighting
to cut corners; to be shoddy
property; fortune; assets
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to whine; to make feeble complaints
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
Anti-Organized Crime Law (1991)
revision; amendment; alteration
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
Central and South America
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
(United States of) America; USA; US
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
multinational; transnational
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned