Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
river; stream; River; the ... river
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
story; tale; talk; discussion
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
abusive language; violent language; wild words
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
you (plural); all of you; you all
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to squash; to crush; to flatten
such; like that; that sort of; very
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
practical question (problem); practical matter
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel