shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
development; exploitation
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
although I say; although one might say; although called
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
1,000,000; one million; million; many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle