what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
older brother; elder brother
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
around the world; throughout the world
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
if so; in that case; in that situation
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
under control (e.g. of territory)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...