Japan and the Soviet Union; Japanese-Soviet
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
monster cat; cat with magical powers
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
recitation; reciting from memory
reading with appreciation; savouring (a book); enjoying
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
-less; lacking; non-existing
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
beginning; opening; start; outset
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
construction at top speed
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
natural; reasonable; understandable
squad leader; group leader; team leader
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
end; close; conclusion; termination
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess