preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
how; in what way; how about
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
overall victory; championship
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
war; battle; match; game; competition
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(some) more; even more; longer; further
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tool; implement; means; furniture
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's