close to the wall; alongside the wall
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
thousands; several thousand
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
intercept; interception; counter-attack
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
in succession; one after another
make no progress; remain unsettled
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
armed forces; military; troops
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
devil; evil spirit; genie
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
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 be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to go past; to pass; to pass by
witnessing; observing; sighting