vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
putting into operation; invocation
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
initiation fee; admission fee
to have a talk; to tell a story
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
unexpected meeting; coincidence
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
government office; agency; board
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
port city; harbor city; harbour city
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
experiment; experimentation
3000; three thousand; many
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
florin (coin); guilder (former currency of the Netherlands); florin (currency of Aruba)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
distinctive; characteristic
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
engineer; technical officer
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being