top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
(not) even once; (not) ever
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
(period of) a year; during an era
8000; eight thousand; many
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to have a reason; to have an excuse
pitch black; completely black
to sniff out; to get wind of
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
still; even now; to this day
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to perceive; to understand
imagination; supposition; guess
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
materials; data; document
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
frame; framework; outline
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation