in the same manner as before; the same as always
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
beginning; outset; first; onset
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
deserted village; poor village
a few years ago; some years back
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
effective control (over territory); working control
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
particularly; only; in the case of
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
originally; by nature; from the start
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
political measures; policy
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
accidental death; casualty
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute